As states become stronger, buoyed up by revenues brought in by tax farming, the practice was discontinued in favour of centralized tax collection systems.
The continued attempts to conflate the two are not only revisionist, it confuses the ideals for which his popularity once buoyed with the shenanigans that left society nonplus and divided.
The sales department requested extensions to the storyline, buoyed up by very strong sales on the book at a time when most other comics were experiencing a noticeable decline.