In one game I have a 20k surplus on my income (60k income, 40k
expences), but am being plagued by thieves, so at the end of the
previous turn, I had 0 gold because I bought goods to sell for
money, to recoup some of the stealings.
However, on my next turn, my taxrate was increased to keep from
going bankrupt, while I still had a 20k surplus(!). Is this right? I
thought the only thing you had to make sure, is that you have enough
gold to cover your deficit(sp?), but as long as you're showing a
profit you had nothing to worry about.
So is this correct, or should I contact Clint and ask it to be fixed?
You have to be carefull when purchasing commodities. If you bought too much, your tax
rate will go up to support that. I don't know if that was the case for you, but it
seems like the only way for your taxes to rise automatically if you have a surplus.
In one game I have a 20k surplus on my income (60k income, 40k
expences), but am being plagued by thieves, so at the end of the
previous turn, I had 0 gold because I bought goods to sell for
money, to recoup some of the stealings.
However, on my next turn, my taxrate was increased to keep from
going bankrupt, while I still had a 20k surplus(!). Is this right? I
thought the only thing you had to make sure, is that you have enough
gold to cover your deficit(sp?), but as long as you're showing a
profit you had nothing to worry about.
So is this correct, or should I contact Clint and ask it to be fixed?
It sounds to me as if you bought product, which drove your economy
into the red and caused a tax hike. 315 orders come after income but
before maintenance costs...
Marc
--- In mepbmlist@y..., oysteint@i... wrote:
Hmm, got a situation/question.
In one game I have a 20k surplus on my income (60k income, 40k
expences), but am being plagued by thieves, so at the end of the
previous turn, I had 0 gold because I bought goods to sell for
money, to recoup some of the stealings.
However, on my next turn, my taxrate was increased to keep from
going bankrupt, while I still had a 20k surplus(!). Is this right? I
thought the only thing you had to make sure, is that you have enough
gold to cover your deficit(sp?), but as long as you're showing a
profit you had nothing to worry about.
So is this correct, or should I contact Clint and ask it to be
It sounds to me as if you bought product, which drove your economy
into the red and caused a tax hike. 315 orders come after income
but before maintenance costs...
Ah, okie. Thought it came after maintenance. Will watch this in the
future then. So if I have 40k in maintenance with 60k income, if I
buy up to say, 19k in goods, I'm safe?
Correct. If you want to buy one thing and natsell another, you can
also do that if you are careful...e.g. sell 20,000 food at 1 and buy
10,000 timber at 2 is revenue-neutral (if you want to ship product to
someone, for example). You can also spend cash on pop center
improvements before agents can steal it.
Marc
--- In mepbmlist@y..., oysteint@i... wrote:
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--- In mepbmlist@y..., pinsonneault.1@o... wrote:
> It sounds to me as if you bought product, which drove your economy
> into the red and caused a tax hike. 315 orders come after income
> but before maintenance costs...
>
Ah, okie. Thought it came after maintenance. Will watch this in the
future then. So if I have 40k in maintenance with 60k income, if I
buy up to say, 19k in goods, I'm safe?
