Jewish poll tax

[1][2] The Jews were exempt from other state and municipal taxes, which often caused protests from Polish city dwellers.

[2] The Jewish councils divide the tax into smaller internal divisions called "portions" (Hebrew: skhumot, Polish: sympla).

This practice was common for non-Jewish taxes as well, and the Crown was aware of it.

[1] By early 17th century the duty of Jewish poll tax was transferred to sejmiks, later to Polish military, and by mid-17th century it was absorbed into the hiberna.

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