Taxes were directly proportional with Ottoman requests, but also with the growing importance of Ottoman appointment and sanctioning of princes in front of election by the boyars and the boyar Council – Sfatul boieresc (drawing in a competition among pretenders, which also implied the intervention of creditors as suppliers of bribes).
Maksud olid võrdelised Osmanite nõuetega, kuid ka kasvava tähtsusega vürstide nimetamise ja karistamisega Osmanite poolt valimiste eel bojaaride ja bojaaride nõukogu poolt – Sfatul boieresc (venitamine pretendentide konkursis, mis tähendas ka võlausaldajate kui altkäemaksuandjate sekkumist).