Politician Archive
Thread: Can we please get the tax issues fixed?
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Bachreus
Tue Feb 22, 2005 11:37 am
#1
I Want
Sales Tax to work
Personal Income to be able to be increased (2K is too low)
The Shuttle Fee to stop ressetiing to 100 Credits daily.
/punchesselfinface
Does anyone know the status on this stuff? I mean its been months already.
yoda101705
Tue Feb 22, 2005 2:07 pm
#2
As far as the SalesTac and Shuttle Fee go, we haven't heard any ETA on them getting fixed.
Concerning your comment about the income tax being too low, that really depends on how you run the city. It would be nice to increase it higher, but in combination with property tax, I think the Income Tax is fine at 2k. I mean, I'm running a rank 3 city with 2k Income Tax and 25% Property Tax and we have a surplus every week thanks to proper spending habits. There are times when increasing the Income Tax would be more beneficiary though. For instance, right after a city advances a rank there is a big cut in a city's budget until the city gets more citizens/houses. It's times like this when having a higher Income Tax would be easier than raising the Property Tax.
It's an interesting request, but I have a feeling the devs won't be implementing it anytime soon. The tax fixes on the other hand... hopefully they get fixed soon...
Bachreus
Tue Feb 22, 2005 2:58 pm
#3
Try running a city with 150 citizens. Our Maintinence is like 680k per week. that 2k increased to 4k would make a huge impact
yoda101705
Tue Feb 22, 2005 3:07 pm
#4
Bachreus wrote:
Try running a city with 150 citizens. Our Maintinence is like 680k per week. that 2k increased to 4k would make a huge impact
No doubt, but I guess the question is how much does your city bring in on property taxes? And what is your property tax? Indeed, it would be nice to be able to set a higher income tax and not actually have to charge a property tax or charge a much lower property tax. And if the sales tax worked, that would make things really nice.
TsothaLanti
Thu Feb 24, 2005 6:19 am
#5
Bachreus wrote:I WantSales Tax to workPersonal Income to be able to be increased (2K is too low)The Shuttle Fee to stop ressetiing to 100 Credits daily.
What's wrong with Sales Tax?
Sighryn
Thu Feb 24, 2005 6:24 am
#6
Sales tax adds to the cost of vendor items, but the money goes to the vendor owner not the city.
shadowdefender
Thu Feb 24, 2005 7:34 am
#7
Sales tax definitely needs to be fixed - we have a burn rate of about 450k per week and had to increase property tax from 5% - 10% and the citizens about died - even after explaining that the council didnt feel it fair that a few citizens shoulder the cost of the city - as it is even with the taxes the way they are we are 100k short and I know with a working 5% sales tax that would reverse.
LaViaTHoN42
Tue Mar 01, 2005 2:25 am
#8
What else can we do to try and faciltate some action on the sales Tax issue. My city has about 110 Citizens and we are burning about 550k a week. Bringing in about 300k a week. I pay out of my pocket Week after week to keep us up and running. I dont think that player cities are given enough intrest by or developers. They are what sets this game apart from the rest. I think it should not be such a burdon to run one like it is. I guess what i am asking have they ever given us any hope of the sales tax issue getting fixed?
Arminda
Mayor Citadel of the Shadow - Corellia - Eclipse
shadowdefender
Tue Mar 01, 2005 7:45 am
#9
Agreed!
I also feel the following fees should contribute to a city.
Cloning station fees a percentage of the clone and insurance should go into town treasury
Trainers a percentage of the trainers fees should go into town treasury
Mission terminals perhaps for every mission taken out of the city the town treasury get 100 credits awarded
Pappi, have we gotten any response at all from Devs as to if they intend to fix this or not?
I also feel the following fees should contribute to a city.
Cloning station fees a percentage of the clone and insurance should go into town treasury
Trainers a percentage of the trainers fees should go into town treasury
Mission terminals perhaps for every mission taken out of the city the town treasury get 100 credits awarded
Pappi, have we gotten any response at all from Devs as to if they intend to fix this or not?
Message Edited by shadowdefender on 03-01-2005 09:08 AM
LaViaTHoN42
Wed Mar 02, 2005 12:38 am
#10
I strongly agree with your idea about the trainers. I had not thought about that.. but they are taking credits from players, and we are paying them each weak.... If we have a good trainer selection that people use ... Your city should be rewared for that... as far as the mission terminals go, I was already under the impression that we were getting a procede of the missions that were being ran. I know that the bases that we had in our city were gaining maintaince from missions... can any one clerify on that?
Danto1
Wed Mar 02, 2005 6:23 am
#11
I am the mayor of a very large city, 200+ houses and over 100 acitve players (I lose approx 500k each cycle from the city funds). I do not want to place a sales tax (even if it was working) as I think it is a deterent to trade when only a shuttle away is tax free goods. However I am interested in the housing tax, for one thing it would speed up the removal of decaying houses (if only a little).
I would like to know if mayors have noticed players really noticing the housing tax, is it taken from them weekly or is done on a constant drip feed process like the maintenance on the house?
Also does it count on factories and such like?
shadowdefender
Wed Mar 02, 2005 7:42 am
#12
Yes they notice the property tax, I recently had to raise ours after a council unanimous vote and the citizens were a bit upset. It resulted in about 1000 a week extra in maintenance. As far as sales tax - it never really stopped people from buying from our city. We are known for having well stocked vendors and that is what kept people coming - now with universal search that may stop if it is ever implemented because hey I will buy a cheaper priced product as long as it is same quality.
RobertPalpatine
Thu Mar 03, 2005 2:01 pm
#13
i have come to the conclusion nothign will ever be fixed as long as pappi remains passive about getting things fixed. maybe it is time for a change??? just my 2 cents
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