Taille - Wikipedia The taille (French pronunciation:) was a direct land tax on the French peasantry and non-nobles in Ancien Régime France The tax was imposed on each household and was based on how much land it held, and was paid directly to the state
Taille | Ancien Régime, Estates General, Feudalism | Britannica Taille, the most important direct tax of the pre-Revolutionary monarchy in France Its unequal distribution, with clergy and nobles exempt, made it one of the hated institutions of the ancien régime