@TheEdVerse Is there an Income Tax in Waterdeep? If so, or even if not, what is a good average for such a thing? Thank you in advance for your time and for sharing your work with us all.
— Rob Rowe (@twitcher1979) January 11, 2019
1/3) Waterdeep's annual taxes (as opposed to fees, like the docking fees for ships, and annual business license fees): citizens belonging to guilds pay dues to the guild (and the guilds then pay a smaller "head tax" based on number of members to the Palace [city]),…#Realmslore https://t.co/ZLpU7FIKeK
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 11, 2019
2/3) …and there are realty taxes (in the past, the hated window tax [covered in a Wizards website online column that should still be up on the archive], and more recently a variable-amount tax based on how large your building is; landlords pay this (so renters…#Realsmlore
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 11, 2019
3/3) …pay indirectly, through their rents), but there's no income tax. (It IS better to live in the Realms rather than the real world! Yes, YES! ;} ). Avoiding charging income taxes is how busy mercantile trading centers avoid declining when nearby centers rise.#Realmslore
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 11, 2019
A pleasure! Always happy to talk Realmslore. Sometimes I'm online, and can answer quickly. Some queries I miss seeing for days, and some of them I can't answer right away due to NDAs or the need to consult or the need to look up back lore. But I never want to keep DMs waiting!
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 11, 2019