Sales Tax

Olympia: The Age of Gods PBEM (Oct 4 2000)

### 7.2.5: Sales Tax

The ruler of a city may place a tax on all sales transacted in the city's market and the market in the city's Trading Guild (if any). This tax is a percentage of the sale price of a good, and is taken from the amount paid by the buyer to the seller. For example, if a noble sells 10 iron at 20 gold each, and the city has a 10% tax, he will receive 180 gold, the other 10% of the 200 gold sale price being placed into the local garrison.

The tax on a market (if any) is shown in the market report.

Needless to say, all nobles who rule in the market's province are exempt from sales tax. This includes all the nobles directly or indirectly on the ruler's admit list (see Control of Provinces).