Originally posted by Racer X 69 I dunno Jean. It looks like the proprietor is a hoarder.
I suppose they do not have to pay inventory tax there?
And how do they even know what they have, or don't have?
Can you imagine?
Inventory tax - that's a new one on me, although there was something crippled the brandy industry and turned the wine industry into short-term production here - a tax paid at production time, before the product is laid up for cellaring, so the government gets the money early.
Reminds me of the late Ming, which introduced paying tax in advance, and everything went pear-shaped when taxes had to be paid about 7 years in advance of earning the income. They got themselves a new dynasty.