Arcane tax percentage question

[unmerged(17791)]

I like to tax all my people at a rate just below 10%, and then set tariffs to max. I believe there is one of the 'thresholds' at 10%, so in the game I move the slider to 9.38% which is the closest I can get, and still be under 10. I've noticed when a reload my game, it only saves the tax percentages rounded to the nearest 10th of a percent -- so every time I load, my taxes are at 9.4%

I'm only comfortable editing certain things in the save file, since it seems like various things are entwined with others, located elsewhere in the file. But, I think I've located the place where my country's tax rates are saved... so, if I just change/edit them to 9.9%, and save... it should stay there, and I'd be getting the most money for my efforts (adds up over time)... yet still gaining the lower MIL & CON benefits.

Should this work? Is it just that simple, as I've described?

 

[Orm]

Make a back-up copy of your save-file and try it. Then tell us how it went.

 

[unmerged(17791)]

Worked like a charm, as I suspected. I now tax my people at 9.9%

If need be in future games, I'll tax at 19.9%, 24.9%, 32.9%, 49.9%, etc.

Using the 'sliders' to adjust tax rates is like... Sooo totally passé.

 

[unmerged(81390)]

I thought the thresholds were 50% and 33%

 

[unmerged(17791)]

I've observed varying levels of MIL/CON with the thresholds mentioned above. It would seem that there are far more than just the basic 33% and 50%, that we all learned about, early on. It seems like if you take the basic 100... and divide it up into 10ths, quarters, or thirds... there is a threshold at each of those levels. I haven't done extensive testing on this, but based on what I have seen, I'm pretty sure this is the case at this time.

10ths, quarters, and thirds... all psychological levels. Maybe that was the rationale. I guess he (Johan) had to establish thresholds somewhere, so that made sense... and just going w/ 10ths would have been a bit too plain. But, more testing on this could be useful...

 

[unmerged(81390)]

IIRC, every step below 33% decrease militancy, not just 10 and 20, but 4 and 23 too

 

[OHgamer]

IIRC, every step below 33% decrease militancy, not just 10 and 20, but 4 and 23 too

From my experience this is correct - every % below 33 decreases MIL growth rate for that tax bracket by a constant -0.005/year, to a maxiumum of -0.165/year if you have no taxes whatsoever