What was Princess Celestia's tax policy?
>>42610481I wanted to post>Geoismbut I guess Celestia is to lazy to collect even simple land taxesoh well
Celestial tithe of 30% of everything grown or earned, income tax, property tax, payroll tax, corporate tax, salt tax, window tax, inheritance tax, guild tax, luxury taxes, vehicle tax, foreigner tax, travel and departure tolls, marriage and birth fees, tariffs of 25% etc. etc. etc.
>>42610454Taxes in exquestria are quite low and very simple. So they are not stressfull and anoying to pay.My headcanon is that Euqestrian economy is mostly small businessed like farmers, shopkeepers, bakers, tailors.Buy most big companies in Equestria (like rail transportation, ship building, power plants) are nationalised. There are very little corporation-tier privat bussinesses. They belong to the princesses, and therefore bring a lot of money straight to the trasury, to be used for free healthcare, help, infrastructure and all that.Yes, my headcanon is that Equestria in a big part has a socialist economy.And, due to one simple trick, it might actually work (unlike in human world)That one simple trick is cutie marks, pony society is a perfect balance thanks to *spmething* (either God, or *harmony*, or whatever else) giving the right cutiemarks to the right ponies. They know what they are good at, and more inportantly they ENJOY what they are good at. Ponies working at fastfood LIKE their job a lot, they like their life, so they are much less likely to feel bad feeling towards ponies who are at higher position and earn more. Some higher force is keeping their world in a near-perfect ballance, to the point of predicting the future maybe, ponies being born are already good at jobs that will be needed in 20+ years...Sweet Celestia didn't I write a wall of text... Kek what was the original topic again?A yeah taxes on ponies/private bussinesses! They do not need to be high caus they got enough national money>voerification not required
>>42610652Inb4>nnooooo you're not allowed to like your job because some cosmic force made it so! Muh free will muh nightmare Equestria!
>>42610454Eat the calorically rich.
>>42610652Look this mare in the eyes and say that again.
>>42610652Similar idea but there are bigger private businesses like Filthy Rich's, but nopony is a jew about it. The bosses pay fair wages, everypony honors their agreements and the money stays invested in the businesses instead of being used to manipulate stock prices
>>42610454It's simple: She gets all your cake.
>>4261045410 ponut kisses per week
>>42610454rape
>>42610718Well thats just my headcanon and my "personalised Equestria"You do you if you want your ponies to be unhappy :V>>42610739I mean, as I said, there are big bussinesses, maybe some private cargo trains, peivate cruise ariships, but there arent many of themAlso Filthy Rich is not that big, its not a corpo definitely
>>42610454>The first born male of every family is taken for her armyThat's why you don't see many civilian stallions, aside from places like Manehattan, where they breed like rabbits.>10% of bits earned are taken from each individual>10% of agricultural goods are taken from every townIf the town does not have farming operations then they will provide another product of similar value. Failing that, they will provide bits.>50% of all important resources will be taken from every townThis includes gems, rare spices, precious metals, coal, etc. Towns that provide a significant amount of important resources will be exempt from providing agricultural products. And the town ponies are exempt from income tax.
>>42610652I agree. Equestria is Jew-free so the taxation system is simple, like a universal value-added tax and no other taxes at all. Certainly no unjust taxes like property tax exist.Taxes are used for health care and infrastructure where it is needed. A good portion of the taxes is used for aesthetics, to make the world more beautiful so the general well-being of ponies is greatly increased.
>>42610454You have to let her eat all the cake
>>42610652>That one simple trick is cutie marks, pony society is a perfect balance thanks to *spmething* (either God, or *harmony*, or whatever else) giving the right cutiemarks to the right ponies.But cutie marks are not about what job you're good at.>>42612462>Certainly no unjust taxes like property tax exist.Then why does Applejack talk about "losing the farm"?
>>42610454Local governments collect taxes from the citizenry and the Crown collects tithes from them
>>42610454But was it really up to the monarchy to determine this? Equestria canonically has a parliament, so wouldn’t she have to run it by them first?
>>42612491>Then why does Applejack talk about "losing the farm"?She still needs money to run the orchard, though it's unclear if there's a loan or mortgage that needs to be paid off
>>42610454I don't know, but I do know that non-ponies get taxed more.
>>42612502The farm has been in the family for 2 generations and they built it with their own hoovesI doubt the Apples are the type to reverse mortgage the farm or take out loans to expand the business
>>42612521Still, farms take a lot of money to run, even without huge mechanical equipment. Farms are notoriously asset rich, cash poor businesses. They are at the whims of commodity prices.
