"+21.4% Tax Waste"

[Baneslave]

The accounting always seemed a little bit murky. I could never quite tell if the state got the money from selling the resources to the project.

Resource cost (and money cost from that) is clear as that should go to the producers, but the extra money cost that naval bases have is the mystery here.

 

[Helmic____]

Resource cost (and money cost from that) is clear as that should go to the producers, but the extra money cost that naval bases have is the mystery here.

Yeah it just disappeared

 

[Guedes]

Who pocketed the money cost (not resource cost) of higher level Naval Bases, though?

Totally forgot about that value since its so negligible. But even if we disregard that was said "buildings" (implying that all buildings are a money leak) and not just "naval bases" that is negligible in the grand scheme of things. Naval bases have a limited number and even if the AI build lvl 6 bases in all states of the world (which it wont) the money leak through all the game period will be smaller than what the gold rgos will produce in a year late game.

 

[dav77-b]

Tax efficiency should mean it requires more/fewer bureaucrats to tax the same amount.
Tax corruption should mean that bureaucrats pocket parts of the tax.

Government waste should mean that all government projects need more upkeep/cost