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Kwarta


The kwarta (Lithuanian: kvarta) or quarter tax was a tax in Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth on all incomes from crown estates in królewszczyzna (crown lands). It was established in 1563.

Initially the rate was 1/4, hence the name, later 1/5. Its purpose was to maintain the Kwarta army. Later it was absorbed into the hiberna military-purpose tax.


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