Regola da Osservarsi dalli Tassatori et Altri della Natione Hebrea di Ferrara [Regulations to be observed by the tax collectors and others of the Jewish Community of Ferrara]

(ITALY)

Francesco Suzzi, Stampator Camerale

Ferrara

1631

Italian.

The Jewish Community of Ferrara began to organize its financial obligations towards the Duchy of the Principality through the levying of internal taxes from the beginning of the 16th-century. Tax regulations were published until the end of the 18th-century, which chart the economic challenges of Ferrara Jewry. In the present document, the role of the tax collectors ("tassatori") are clearly defined: They are to compel the taxpayer to swear upon a mezuzah that he will answer all questions honestly, after whcih a tax asessment is to be made for the individual concerned (pars. 12-14)