Louis's Controller-General of Finances Michel Robert Le Peletier des Forts (1726–1730), stabilized the French currency, though he was expelled for enriching himself in 1730. His successor, Philibert Orry, substantially reduced the debt caused by the War of the Spanish Succession, and simplified and made more fair the tax system, though he still had to depend upon the unpopular dixieme, or tax of the tenth of the revenue of every citizen. Orry managed, in the last two years of Fleury's government, to balance the royal budget, an accomplishment never again repeated during the rest of the reign.Bluche (2003), pp. 57–58.
louis's controller-general of finances michel robert le peletier des forts (1726–1730) stabilized the french currency though he was expelled for enriching himself in 1730 his successor philibert orry substantially reduced the debt caused by the war of the spanish succession and simplified and made more fair the tax system though he still had to depend upon the unpopular dixieme or tax of the tenth of the revenue of every citizen orry managed in the last two years of fleury's government to balance the royal budget an accomplishment never again repeated during the rest of the reignbluche (2003) pp 57–58