|
|
| Housing Level |
Population
|
TRM
|
Taxes paid
|
| Crude Hut |
5
|
1
|
2
|
| Sturdy Hut |
7
|
1
|
3
|
| Meager Shanty |
9
|
1
|
4
|
| Common shanty |
11
|
1
|
5
|
| Rough Cottage |
13
|
2
|
13
|
| Ordinary Cottage |
15
|
2
|
15
|
| Modest Homestead |
16
|
2
|
16
|
| Spacious Homestead |
17
|
2
|
17
|
| Modest Apartment |
18
|
3
|
27
|
| Spacious Apartment |
19
|
3
|
28
|
| Common Residence |
80
|
3
|
119
|
| Spacious Residence |
84
|
3
|
125
|
| Elegant Residence |
88
|
4
|
174
|
| Fancy Residence |
92
|
4
|
182
|
| Common Manor |
100
|
10
|
495
|
| Spacious Manor |
108
|
11
|
588
|
| Elegant Manor |
116
|
12
|
n/a
|
| Stately Manor |
124
|
13
|
798
|
| Modest Estate |
184
|
15
|
1366
|
| Palatial Estate |
200
|
16
|
1584
|
The numbers in the right hand column show the total amount of taxes collected during one game year. The following conditions applied:
- Tax Rate = 9%
- Difficulty Level = Normal
- Houses were 100% occupied during entire year.
- Houses remained stable during entire year
TRM = Tax rate multiplier as shown in column 20, Pharaoh_Model_Normal
It appears that the basic tax rate is approx .5 debens/year, and that the taxes are calculated roughly as follows:
(population) * (TRM)*(.5)
This does not come out exactly. Using this formula for a palatial estate, the taxes would be 1600. The actual number was 1584. There is a similiar deviation in other levels of housing. I'll leave it to the real bean counters to figure that one out.
Nero Would, a contributor to the Pharaoh Forums, was kind enough to run the numbers and came up with:
(Annual tax) = (Pop) * (TRM) * (City tax rate) * 0.055
where: Pop = Number of occupants
TRM = Tax rate multiplier for the housing level
City Tax Rate = Tax rate set by player (9 in your example)
The result is rounded to the nearest whole number.
What interests me about all this, is the realization that even a few crude huts pay enough taxes to justify the cost of a tax collector.
With the basic wage at 30, the six tax employees would cost 6 x 30 / 10 = 18 debens / year. The tax income from nine crude huts would cover this.
Paying for, and building a palace is another matter, but if it's already in place, or affordable, then I see no reason, short of manpower considerations, to hold off providing tax collectors much sooner than I have been.
Also notice the huge benefits in feeding your folks:
Common Shanty's pay taxes of 5 debens / year. Provide food and they evolve to Rough Cottages which pay a tax of 13 debens / year - Almost 300% increase!!
Another good move seems to be supplying beer to your citizens. The resultant evolvement of housing from Spacious Homestead to Modest Apartment increases the TRM from 2 to 3, and this results a significant increase in tax income. (17 debens - 27 debens)
