diff --git a/account.go b/account.go
index 90cb1e2..f35f34b 100644
--- a/account.go
+++ b/account.go
@@ -38,6 +38,17 @@ type Account struct {
 	*wallet.Wallet
 	TxStore         *txstore.Store
 	lockedOutpoints map[btcwire.OutPoint]struct{}
+	FeeIncrement    btcutil.Amount
+}
+
+func newAccount(name string, w *wallet.Wallet, txs *txstore.Store) *Account {
+	return &Account{
+		name:            name,
+		Wallet:          w,
+		TxStore:         txs,
+		lockedOutpoints: map[btcwire.OutPoint]struct{}{},
+		FeeIncrement:    defaultFeeIncrement,
+	}
 }
 
 // Lock locks the underlying wallet for an account.
diff --git a/acctmgr.go b/acctmgr.go
index 853a42b..58334f3 100644
--- a/acctmgr.go
+++ b/acctmgr.go
@@ -221,12 +221,7 @@ func openSavedAccount(name string, cfg *config) (*Account, error) {
 
 	wlt := new(wallet.Wallet)
 	txs := txstore.New()
-	a := &Account{
-		name:            name,
-		Wallet:          wlt,
-		TxStore:         txs,
-		lockedOutpoints: map[btcwire.OutPoint]struct{}{},
-	}
+	a := newAccount(name, wlt, txs)
 
 	walletPath := accountFilename("wallet.bin", name, netdir)
 	txstorePath := accountFilename("tx.bin", name, netdir)
@@ -839,11 +834,7 @@ func (am *AccountManager) CreateEncryptedWallet(passphrase []byte) error {
 	// Create new account and begin managing with the global account
 	// manager.  Registering will fail if the new account can not be
 	// written immediately to disk.
-	a := &Account{
-		Wallet:          wlt,
-		TxStore:         txstore.New(),
-		lockedOutpoints: map[btcwire.OutPoint]struct{}{},
-	}
+	a := newAccount("", wlt, txstore.New())
 	if err := am.RegisterNewAccount(a); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/createtx.go b/createtx.go
index 3bb615b..e80f6f6 100644
--- a/createtx.go
+++ b/createtx.go
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	badrand "math/rand"
 	"sort"
-	"sync"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/conformal/btcchain"
@@ -61,19 +60,9 @@ var ErrNonPositiveAmount = errors.New("amount is not positive")
 // negative.
 var ErrNegativeFee = errors.New("fee is negative")
 
-// minTxFee is the default minimum transation fee (0.0001 BTC,
+// defaultFeeIncrement is the default minimum transation fee (0.0001 BTC,
 // measured in satoshis) added to transactions requiring a fee.
-const minTxFee = 10000
-
-// TxFeeIncrement represents the global transaction fee per KB of Tx
-// added to newly-created transactions and sent as a reward to the block
-// miner.  i is measured in satoshis.
-var TxFeeIncrement = struct {
-	sync.Mutex
-	i btcutil.Amount
-}{
-	i: minTxFee,
-}
+const defaultFeeIncrement = 10000
 
 type CreatedTx struct {
 	tx         *btcutil.Tx
@@ -305,7 +294,7 @@ func (a *Account) txToPairs(pairs map[string]btcutil.Amount,
 		if !cfg.DisallowFree {
 			noFeeAllowed = allowFree(bs.Height, inputs, msgtx.SerializeSize())
 		}
-		if minFee := minimumFee(msgtx, noFeeAllowed); fee < minFee {
+		if minFee := minimumFee(a.FeeIncrement, msgtx, noFeeAllowed); fee < minFee {
 			fee = minFee
 		} else {
 			selectedInputs = inputs
@@ -351,11 +340,8 @@ func (a *Account) txToPairs(pairs map[string]btcutil.Amount,
 // and none of the outputs contain a value less than 1 bitcent.
 // Otherwise, the fee will be calculated using TxFeeIncrement,
 // incrementing the fee for each kilobyte of transaction.
-func minimumFee(tx *btcwire.MsgTx, allowFree bool) btcutil.Amount {
+func minimumFee(incr btcutil.Amount, tx *btcwire.MsgTx, allowFree bool) btcutil.Amount {
 	txLen := tx.SerializeSize()
-	TxFeeIncrement.Lock()
-	incr := TxFeeIncrement.i
-	TxFeeIncrement.Unlock()
 	fee := btcutil.Amount(int64(1+txLen/1000) * int64(incr))
 
 	if allowFree && txLen < 1000 {
diff --git a/rpcserver.go b/rpcserver.go
index 39de197..af1a9a3 100644
--- a/rpcserver.go
+++ b/rpcserver.go
@@ -1334,22 +1334,26 @@ func GetInfo(icmd btcjson.Cmd) (interface{}, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	var balance btcutil.Amount
-	accounts, err := AcctMgr.ListAccounts(1)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	for _, v := range accounts {
-		balance += v
+	var balance, feeIncr btcutil.Amount
+	accounts := AcctMgr.AllAccounts()
+	for _, a := range accounts {
+		bal, err := a.CalculateBalance(1)
+		if err == nil {
+			balance += bal
+		}
+		// For now we assume all transactions can only be created
+		// with the default account (as this is the only account
+		// that's usable), so use it for the fee increment.
+		if a.name == "" {
+			feeIncr = a.FeeIncrement
+		}
 	}
 	info.WalletVersion = int32(wallet.VersCurrent.Uint32())
 	info.Balance = balance.ToUnit(btcutil.AmountBTC)
 	// Keypool times are not tracked. set to current time.
 	info.KeypoolOldest = time.Now().Unix()
 	info.KeypoolSize = int32(cfg.KeypoolSize)
-	TxFeeIncrement.Lock()
-	info.PaytxFee = float64(TxFeeIncrement.i) / btcutil.SatoshiPerBitcoin
-	TxFeeIncrement.Unlock()
+	info.PaytxFee = feeIncr.ToUnit(btcutil.AmountBTC)
 	// We don't set the following since they don't make much sense in the
 	// wallet architecture:
 	//  - unlocked_until
@@ -2306,10 +2310,14 @@ func SetTxFee(icmd btcjson.Cmd) (interface{}, error) {
 		return nil, ErrNeedPositiveAmount
 	}
 
-	// Set global tx fee.
-	TxFeeIncrement.Lock()
-	TxFeeIncrement.i = btcutil.Amount(cmd.Amount)
-	TxFeeIncrement.Unlock()
+	// Lookup default account (which realistically is the only account
+	// that transactions can be made with at the moment) and set its
+	// fee increment field.
+	a, err := AcctMgr.Account("")
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, ErrNoAccounts
+	}
+	a.FeeIncrement = btcutil.Amount(cmd.Amount)
 
 	// A boolean true result is returned upon success.
 	return true, nil