New Taxes

This tax system is part of the New Estate System and not yet live. It will go live on the testing islands very soon, and on stable not too long afterwards.

Taxes

Taxes are collected by the knights and lords of the regions. The knights collect from their estates, the lord collects from any vacant estates and unassigned, wild lands. Collection in vacant estates and wild lands is at reduced efficiency, with a loss of about 50% of the tax income.

But the knights, lords and dukes all not being the actual owners of the land but only holding them in fief for the next one up the hierarchy, they all have to give a share of their income to their betters. Every level of the hierarchy defines the share the levels below contribute up:

• The king decides the "kings share" - the % of income the dukes have to send to him
• The dukes decide the "dukes shares" - the % of income the lords have to send to them
• The lords decide the "lords shares" - the % of income the knights have to send to them

For better coordination, the tax rates are set per-region by the regional lords, while the day of the tax collection is determined by the realm banker.

Region Upkeep

Most regions do not only have estates, but also a local economy. After collecting taxes from the estates, the lord takes care of the regional features:

• Guildhouses located in the region pay taxes directly to the region lord
• Temples pay taxes at half (rounded up) the tax rate
• Building upkeep and militia payment are covered by the region lord

After all this is done, the remainder is split between the lord and the duke, as determined by the duke share setting.

The diagram on the right illustrates this process.

Realm-Wide Taxes

(propery and wealth tax will be described here once the exact details have been decided)