Referencing The Burden Index — The Sacred Ledger

Archbishop Pellian of Rouen
The mercy that cost three percent
Archbishop Pellian of Rouen briefly governed the Bureau of Tithes, tried conciliation, lost three percent in one quarter, and taught Strasbourg that mercy must be priced.
Codex Ref. III.2.01-059
Audit Liaisons
The Bureau's accountant of accountants; or, who weighs the hand that weighed the salt
Audit Liaisons are the Bureau of Tithes' auditors of its own predation: officers who count receipt blanks, scrape brine-stones, and keep an Assessor's private theft below the Bureau's public appetite.
Codex Ref. XII.46.01-002
Burden Index Analyst
The red pen is warm; the household is elsewhere
The Burden Index Analyst corrects household scores for the Bureau of Tithes. One red slip can raise dues, thin rations and bring seizure nearer; the household seldom meets the hand.
Codex Ref. XII.46.02-201
Feast of Balanced Scales
Mercy, weighed once yearly and sealed before it multiplies
The Feast of Balanced Scales permits each Tithe Assessor one yearly remission, proving mercy can survive only when counted, sealed, and made afraid.
Codex Ref. XIII.1.89-201
Labour Tokens
The receipt is settled; the hands are owed
Labour tokens settle household dues by pledging future work. The receipt calls the account paid; kitchens, factories and laundries collect what the household still owes.
Codex Ref. XIII.1.85-201
The Cradle Decree A.S. 157
The receipt issued before the first cry
The A.S. 157 Cradle Decree made pregnancy taxable, entering the unborn into the Ledger before birth and calling the cruelty provision.
Codex Ref. XIII.1.83-157
Tithe Assessor
The Bureau's walking appetite; or, what it costs to weigh the widow's salt
The Tithe Assessor is the Bureau of Tithes' primary field instrument — a man with scales, seal cord, and an armed escort who determines whether a family's payment purchases another week of existence. He arrives. He weighs. He chalks the door.
Codex Ref. XII.46.01-001