Bansho were not required to pay tax other than to pay the appointment fee for Daikushiki and only belonged to the loose organization under the Toryo class, not like other occupations where they became Kugonin (purveyors to the Imperial household) and Jinin (associates of Shinto shrines) or formed guilds.
番匠は大工職の補任料を納める以外に租税負担が無く、他の職種のように供御人や神人になったり座を結成することもなく、棟梁層による緩やかな組織が存在しているのみであった。