A while ago, I asked a friend of mine, who knows a lot more about
economics than I do, and is also an avid Traveller player to help me
come up with a way the interstellar taxation system works.
This is how I/we work it.
1) The imperium takes a slice from the military spending of
all member planets to help pay for the navy etc.
2) Most if not all planets have their own internal taxation
(income taxes/property taxes etc.)
3) The Imperium prohibits import duties on all member planets
except for small income tarrifs, which are
discouraged.
4) The imperium imposes a value-added tax on all manufacturing
on Hi-Pop worlds.
Mostly we find that your average wandering free trader does not have
to pay too much in the way of taxes, as 1 and 4 don't apply to them at
all, and they rearely have to pay income taxes at home and the tarrifs
can be assumed to be built into the price system. There are always
exceptions. "What do you mean I owe seven years back income tax I
haven't been here in seven years. Oh yeah, you gave me citizenship
didn't you?"
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