Ofiara wieczysta a problem regionalnych sporów podatkowych w początkach obrad Sejmu Wielkiego
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Seym in periods 1788-1792 made a wide reform program for example they
changed the financial system. On 26 March 1789 it was imposed a new tax which
took 10% of profits from every nobility fortune. It was the first, in the history of
Polish and Lithuanian Union, the permanent taxation from profits which was made
on nobility land.
The nobility accepted this reform in general but when Seym must accept one
technique of taxation this caused a great deal of controversy. In result of that
confusion there were argument between big parts of the country for example
Wielkopolska and Małopolska. The delegates from those two provinces had many
historical and economical reasons to dislike each other.
The delegates from Małopolska, especially from eastern part of this province
supported the idea of Fryderyk Moszyński. He made the plan that the profits from
possession could be estimated on the basic price of lands in provinces during the
periods 1778-1788. This project caused strong opposition among the delegates from
the rich province of Wielkopolska (where land prices were high). In this article I try
to show this discussion and special economical and historical questions, which were
important in the discussion. I try to use the statistical information to show the
material bases on those controversies.
This theme is important to understand the economical situation of land owners
from different province during the last period of Polish and Lithuanian Union existence.
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