Tax office (Building)

A Tax Office is a building discovered in the Feudal Age. This building is a refinery of gold and it increases the gold production just like a sawmill increases the wood production. This building increases the gold production of the city it's built in by levying more taxes on the citizens of your Empire (originally 1 gold per 2 population). It is important to research and construct this building in your settlement since it increases the gold production and gold is very important in later ages. It is replaced by the Bank in the Industrial Age.

Costs

Level	Cost
1 (Feudal)	3400	13,600	13,600	13,600	-	-	-	4:00:00
2 (Feudal)	6800	27,200	27,200	27,200	-	-	-	8:00:00
3 (Feudal)	6800	27,200	27,200	27,200	-	-	-	12:00:00
1 (Renaissance)	6900	27,600	27,600	27,600	-	-	-	4:00:00
2 (Renaissance)	6900	27,600	27,600	27,600	-	-	-	8:00:00
3 (Renaissance)	10,350	41,400	41,400	41,400	-	-	-	12:00:00
1 (Imperial)	12,000	-	48,000	48,000	48,000	-	-	4:00:00
2 (Imperial)	12,000	-	48,000	48,000	48,000	-	-	8:00:00
3 (Imperial)	18,000	-	72,000	72,000	72,000	-	-	12:00:00
4 (Imperial)	18,000	-	72,000	72,000	72,000	-	-	24:00:00
1 (Industrial)	24,000	-	-	96,000	96,000	96,000	-	4:00:00
2 (Industrial)	24,000	-	-	96,000	96,000	96,000	-	8:00:00
3 (Industrial)	36,000	-	-	144,000	144,000	144,000	-	12:00:00
4 (Industrial)	36,000	-	-	144,000	144,000	144,000	-	24:00:00
1 (Modern)	15,000	-	-	60,000	-	60,000	60,000	4:00:00
2 (Modern)	30,000	-	-	120,000	-	120,000	120,000	8:00:00
3 (Modern)	45,000	-	-	180,000	-	180,000	180,000	12:00:00
4 (Modern)	45,000	-	-	180,000	-	180,000	180,000	24:00:00
5 (Modern)	45,000	-	-	180,000	-	180,000	180,000	24:00:00
1 (Future)	50,000	-	-	200,000	-	200,000	200,000	4:00:00
2 (Future)	100,000	-	-	400,000	-	400,000	400,000	8:00:00
3 (Future)	150,000	-	-	600,000	-	600,000	600,000	12:00:00

Effects

Level	Normal effects			Elite effects			Requirements
1 (Feudal)	600	4050	0%	?	?	?	Market 1 (Feudal)	-
2 (Feudal)	600	121,000	1%	?	?	?	-	Income Tax
3 (Feudal)	600	162,000	2%	?	?	?	-	-
1 (Renaissance)	800	9600	5%	?	?	?	Market 1 (Renaissance)	-
2 (Renaissance)	800	10,000	6%	?	?	?	-	-
3 (Renaissance)	800	12,000	6%	?	?	?	?	Revenue
4 (Renaissance)	800	13,000	7%	?	?	?	-	-
1 (Imperial)	1000	16,000	10%	1000	247,000	11%	Market 1 (Imperial)	-
2 (Imperial)	1000	?	11%	?	?1000000	?	?	?
3 (Imperial)	1000	19,000	12%	?	?	?	?	Progressive Taxation
4 (Imperial)	1000	660,000	12%	?	?	?	-	-
1 (Industrial)	1400	25,000	15%	?	?	?	Market 1 (Industrial)	-
2 (Industrial)	1400	27,000	16%	?	?	?	-	-
3 (Industrial)	1400	630,000	17%	?	?	?	-	Tax Policy
4 (Industrial)	1400	1,000,000	18%	?	?	?	-	-
1 (Modern)	1800	216,000	20%	?	?	?	Market 1 (Modern)	-
2 (Modern)	1800	648,000	21%	?	?	?	-	-
3 (Modern)	1800	1,000,000	22%	?	?	?	-	-
4 (Modern)	1800	1,700,000	25%	?	?	?	?	?
5 (Modern)	1800	2,100,000	25%	?	?	?	?	?
1 (Future)	2500	300,000	30%	?	?	?	Market 1 (Future)	?
2 (Future)	2500	600,000	32%	?	?	?	-	-

Gallery

The Feudal Age tax office

The Renaissance Age tax office

The Imperial Age tax office

The Industrial Age tax office

The Modern Age tax office

Strategy Aides

Observations

1. At one player's city, the tax office level 3 was responsible for less than 300 of the gold income... approx 6% of the 4 city town. (is this a useful use of an open/resource space?)
2. Other than the gold it produces, the Tax Office doesn't appear to help advance the building of anything else.
3. There are many buildings that require other buildings or levels before they can be built or upgraded.
4. You need a Tax Office 3 (Feudal) to research "Land Tax", allowing you to raise tax rates above 25%.

Logical Conclusions

• (1&2&3) since Town Hall and Parade Ground are two of the 'buildings that need other buildings' and they both are requirements for advancement... logical conclusion is that the tax office might not be worth the 'expense' in the early part of the game... even the research time might better spent elsewhere if you have higher priority items to research.