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Taxes Flashcards

1
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What were the two categories of tax?

A

Direct and indirect

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2
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Difference between direct and indirect taxes

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Direct = burdened on individuals' incomes and collected by royal officials
Indirect = Levied on goods and duties, collected by tax farmers
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3
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How much did direct taxes make up of the government’s income?

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1/3

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4
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How much did indirect taxes make up of the government’s income?

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1/2

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5
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What was the oldest of all of France’s state taxes?

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Taille

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6
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The Taille was the royal government’s most profitable impost, how much did it bring in every year?

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About 20 million livres

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7
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Why were the First and Second Estates exempt from Taille payment?

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It was intended as a payment for military service - the Second Estate fought and the First Estate could not fight

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Who did the burden of the Taille fall mostly on?

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Peasants and rural landholders

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9
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Why was the Taille first imposed?

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To meet the cost of the Seven Years’ War

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10
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Why was the Taille the most unpopular tax?

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It was inconsistent because it was easy to evade, particularly for city dwellers
The amount could vary significantly from year to year

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11
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How was the Taille calculated?

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According to the value of property owned and income received

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12
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Was the Taille direct or indirect?

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Direct

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13
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How much was the Vingtième tax on income?

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5%

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14
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When was the Vingtième introduced and then renewed?

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1749

Renewed at the beginning of the Seven Years’ War in 1756 and again in 1760

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15
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Why was the Vingtième introduced?

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To offset war costs

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16
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Was the Vingtième a direct or indirect tax?

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Direct

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17
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When did most people expect the Vingtième to be withdrawn? What did Louis XVI do instead, despite opposition from the parlements and the people?

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End of Seven Years’ War in 1763

Louis continued to renew it

18
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When did Capitation become permanent?

A

Early 18th century

19
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When was Capitation first introduced?

A

1695

20
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Why was Capitation first introduced?

A

A wartime measure

21
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What determined how an individual paid the Capitation tax?

A

Profession

22
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How many different payment levels for Capitation were there?

A

22

23
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Depending on social class, what did the payment levels of Capitation range from?

A

1-2000 livres

24
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Who was taxed by the Vingtième?

A

Third Estate

25
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Who was taxed by Capitation?

A

In the theory the Second and Third Estates

Over time the nobility found ways to greatly reduce the

26
Q

In practice the capitation was an addition to what?

A

The taille

27
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When was Capitation abolished?

A

After the Revolution

28
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Was Capitation direct or indirect?

A

Direct

29
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What was the Gabelle?

A

A duty payable on salt

30
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Was the Gabelle a direct or indirect tax?

A

Indirect

31
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How was salt sold to prevent smuggling, black-marketeering and avoidance of the Gabelle?

A

In minimum amounts at official stores

32
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By the 1780s, how much did the Gabelle raise per annum? What % of the royal government’s taxation revenue was this?

A

55 million livres

10%

33
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Why was the Gabelle widely unpopular?

A

It was payable by everyone and difficult to avoid

34
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What was the Aidas tax?

A

A tax on food and drink

35
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What did the Aidas tax particularly target?

A

Wine, the most popular alcoholic drink in the 18th century

36
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Was the Aidas a direct or indirect tax?

A

Indirect

37
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Who paid the Aidas?

A

Everyone

38
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What was the Octrios tax?

A

A tariff on goods entering towns and cities, particularly Paris

39
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Was the Octrios tax direct or indirect?

A

Indirect

40
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Who was taxed by the Octrios?

A

Everyone

41
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Indirect taxes were so important that many French cities maintained what?

A

High medieval walls

42
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Why did many French cities maintain high medieval walls?

A

To force goods coming into the city to pass through the gates, where they were inspected and taxed

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