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Thread: Polotician Wishlist Concerning Municipal Finances
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Jailyn
Sun Nov 30, 2003 1:44 pm
#1
I'm looking at the treasury of our city, and I'm trying to balance our accounts, but I'm having a hard time doing it. Why, you might ask? Because there are no in-game record keeping commands, making it very difficult to do so. I'm forced to resort to *gasp* paper and pencil in this day of technology.
What I propose is a few added sources of information in the City Hall for the Mayor's to help plan a budget for the city. I think we should get a overview of taxes, donations, expenses, and such. These are a few things I'd like to see added:
Income from previous week's Income Tax
Income from previous week's Sales Tax
Income from previous week's Property Tax
Income from previous week's Travel Tax
Total income from previous week
Previous week's total funds in Treasury at the time of City Rollover (Or whatever it's called when votes are cast and taxes are collected.)
These items would REALLY help Mayors out in planning a budget, and help with setting taxes.
"Hmmm... City funds seem to be running a little low, what taxes should I raise to help cover these expenses? Income Tax which is bringing in 45,000 credits a week, or Property Tax which is only bringing in 30,000 credits a week?"
This would also make it easier to deduce where to place our taxes. For example, I only have a few merchants operating in my city at this time, and in order to cover my costs, I'm forced to raise taxes a little higher for thse few individuals. Is this fair, no, because it hurts their profits, and encourages them to live elsewhere. But I have no idea how much I need my taxes to be set at right now to form that balance between keeping the City going and still allowing them to pull in profits without hurting their prices too much.
Expenses are covered quite nicely already, but the income needs to be tossed into the mix. The above outlined methods I think would fix these problems without too much trouble. What do you all think about it?
What I propose is a few added sources of information in the City Hall for the Mayor's to help plan a budget for the city. I think we should get a overview of taxes, donations, expenses, and such. These are a few things I'd like to see added:
Income from previous week's Income Tax
Income from previous week's Sales Tax
Income from previous week's Property Tax
Income from previous week's Travel Tax
Total income from previous week
Previous week's total funds in Treasury at the time of City Rollover (Or whatever it's called when votes are cast and taxes are collected.)
These items would REALLY help Mayors out in planning a budget, and help with setting taxes.
"Hmmm... City funds seem to be running a little low, what taxes should I raise to help cover these expenses? Income Tax which is bringing in 45,000 credits a week, or Property Tax which is only bringing in 30,000 credits a week?"
This would also make it easier to deduce where to place our taxes. For example, I only have a few merchants operating in my city at this time, and in order to cover my costs, I'm forced to raise taxes a little higher for thse few individuals. Is this fair, no, because it hurts their profits, and encourages them to live elsewhere. But I have no idea how much I need my taxes to be set at right now to form that balance between keeping the City going and still allowing them to pull in profits without hurting their prices too much.
Expenses are covered quite nicely already, but the income needs to be tossed into the mix. The above outlined methods I think would fix these problems without too much trouble. What do you all think about it?
Trean
Sun Nov 30, 2003 1:46 pm
#2
use /notepad and record them yourself, that is what i will do once i need to use the tax system
Jailyn
Sun Nov 30, 2003 1:48 pm
#3
I keep vague records of what money comes and goes at the end of the week, but I don't have accurate numbers for how much revenue each seperate tax pulls in. I think this is something Mayors need to know to keep the budget balanced and keep citizens happy with lower taxes.
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