Ferme générale
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Ferme générale was a powerful private tax-farming corporation in pre-revolutionary France that collected royal taxes and became a symbol of Ancien Régime fiscal injustice.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ferme générale canonical | 6 |
| Mur des Fermiers généraux | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ancien Régime institution
ⓘ
financial institution ⓘ tax farming corporation ⓘ |
| abolishedBy | revolutionary authorities ⓘ |
| abolishedDuring | French Revolution ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | French Revolution ⓘ |
| beneficiary | French royal treasury ⓘ |
| businessModel | tax farming ⓘ |
| contributedTo | popular discontent before the French Revolution ⓘ |
| controlledBy | fermiers généraux ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| criticizedBy | Enlightenment philosophers ⓘ |
| criticizedFor |
corruption
ⓘ
oppressive tax collection methods ⓘ social inequality ⓘ |
| employed |
clerks
ⓘ
guards ⓘ tax collectors ⓘ |
| employer | fermiers généraux ⓘ |
| governedBy | royal contracts ⓘ |
| grantedBy | French Crown ⓘ |
| hadPrivilege |
right to employ armed agents
ⓘ
right to farm specific taxes ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Paris ⓘ |
| influenced | public perception of royal taxation ⓘ |
| keptAsProfit | surplus tax receipts over farmed amount ⓘ |
| languageOfName | French ⓘ |
| legalForm | private company under royal contract ⓘ |
| literalMeaningOfName | general farm ⓘ |
| mainFunction |
collection of indirect taxes
ⓘ
farming of royal tax revenues ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Antoine Lavoisier
ⓘ
Jacques Necker ⓘ |
| operatedIn | pre-revolutionary France ⓘ |
| owedPaymentsTo | French monarchy ⓘ |
| paidToCrown | fixed annual sum ⓘ |
| replacedBy | state-run tax administration ⓘ |
| revenueSource |
customs duties
ⓘ
excise duties ⓘ indirect taxes ⓘ salt tax ⓘ tobacco monopoly ⓘ |
| sector | public finance ⓘ |
| symbolOf |
Ancien Régime fiscal injustice
ⓘ
privileged tax system ⓘ |
| taxTypeManaged | indirect taxation ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Ancien Régime ⓘ |
| usedInstrument | tax barriers around Paris ⓘ |
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Mur des Fermiers généraux