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[–] Caboose_Calloway 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

%10 of your income was considered fair in the Ottoman Empire. Muslims also had religious obligation to donate another %10 to the poor and needy. Non-Muslims paid around %15 but banking and gambling were considered sinful and therefore all the banks were run by non-Muslims and were not taxed.

Towards the end of the empire the economic situation worsened and the tax burden rised to around %40 shortly before the collapse.