Revenue System (Part XIV- Other Taxes)

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ऽ Expenditure:

A tax levied for public expenditure. This was called as ‘village expenditure’.

ऽ Tutpatti and Nuksanpatti:

This tax was levied to cover the loss, leakage and theft of liquids such as oil-ghee and cloth till they reached the government in the form of tax.

ऽ Ghartakka or Gharpatti :

A tax was collected per house. This tax is still collected in rural areas. Whereas in urban areas it has been merged with property tax.

ऽ ULFAPATTI:

Stipend to Officers.

ऽ Jangampatti:

A tax collected from jangam society.

ऽ Dasarapatti:

A tax collected to meet the expenses of a festival.

ऽ Mejvaanipatti:

A tax levied to defray the expenses incurred in providing food and water to government officials.

ऽ Thanepatti:

A tax levied to defray the cost of a military camp site.

ऽ Varadtakka or Lagnatakka :

A tax of 1/4 rupee was levied on marriage.

ऽ Pat Daam:

Making Pat means getting married again. Pat daam is a tax collected for getting married again. It is like a lagnatakka.

(The rate of pat daam is not yet known to me. But if known, it will be updated in this blog.)

ऽ Toran Bheti:

A tax collected to defray the expenses of the reception of a king or a great guest.

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