Re: Tax Collecting in Sartar

From: Charles Corrigan <charles_at_...>
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002 12:02:42 -0000

All in my opinion...

As Sartar is under military occupation, tax is collected by the military. Military units collect the tax plus a "bit for their pensions". The collection from the "domesticated" tribes would be more formalised, while in many cases, among the "wild" tribes it would be difficult to tell the difference between this taxation and looting.

Given that the top brass are Solars, they will tend to concentrate on collecting in the cities and towns, not quite understanding the distributed authority among the Heortlings*.

Another alternative is tax "farming". The right to collect the tax is sold off to the highest bidder, payable (at least in part) in advance.

regards,
Charles

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