Baltasar Moscoso y Sandoval Quotes
Corruption in the kingdom is so great that not more than 10 percent of the taxes collected ever reach the treasury.
It was very common to have tax collectors take a percentage of their collections as a commission and to be able to appoint sub tax collectors who also took commissions. On top of that, most tax collectors underreported the amount that they collected and pocketed the difference. At the time, Spain was worse than most Christian nations.
Baltasar Moscoso y Sandoval, 1589-1665, Roman Catholic Cardinal of Spain & Archbishop of Toledo, Statement to King Philip IV, 1656
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