Fall-Income Tax

At the same time that the Tithe is being collected from the rich, just about everyone else is paying an Income Tax much like our own system today. Each person’s income is assessed by the local exchequer’s office and taxed at a modest rate of about 1 cp per gold piece earned, or only 1%.

While this may seem extremely fair to our eyes today, the combination of all of the fees and taxes collected over the year, and other manorial charges tend to eat up almost half of a serf’s income!