Choose whether the given statement is true/false:

Tax to be paid directly to the state was known as tithe.

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The above statement is false.
The tithe was the tax levied by the Church or First Estate. The direct tax to be paid to the state was known as taille. Apart from this, the state also charged numerous indirect taxes by levying a charge on items of everyday consumption like salt or tobacco. All these countless taxes were imposed only on the members of the Third Estate. The correct statement would be tax paid directly to the states was known as taille.

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