Yearly taxes??

[unmerged(53456)]

Hi, I have been playing this game for a few days now. Really like it.

Can anyone tell me where the Yearly taxes that are put into your total treasury come from?

How do you increase money to purchase the upgrades?? If I use the budget to add monthly income, the inflation goes up very fast. I have been watching the cpu controlled countries and their inflation is very low all the time. I assume they are only spending the money that is given on Jan 1.

Also is there a search button on this forum so I can find stuff easier.

Thanks.

 

[Duke of Wellington]

The search function isn't working at the moment. You can use google to search.

Check out the FAQs to answer the questions. It should all be explained in the economy section here

Alternatively have a look on Wikipedia and search Europa Universalis 2

And welcome to the forum Enjoy the game

 

[DSYoungEsq]

The Wikipedia entry on Europa Universalis 2 is relatively sparse. Instead, I recommend you visit the EU2Wiki. Very helpful.

The yearly taxes that appear in your Treasury on Jan. 1 come from your Census Taxes from each province. However, you will not collect the full amount of these taxes unless you have promoted your Bailiffs to Tax Collectors in each province. In core provinces, doing so will gain 100% of the census tax from that province; in non-core provinces, you will get 75% plus 2.5% for each notch your Domestic Policy slider for Centralization has gone to the right from the leftmost position. Thus, you want to promote Tax Collectors in all provinces, or you will find yourself monetarily challenged.

Each January, you need to determine what money you have, and what money you will spend for the year on military maintenance and loan interest. You want the annual increase from Census Taxes to be greater than the expenditure on maintenace and interest. If it isn't, you need to do one of two things: cut your expenditures (by disbanding men or ships (check to make sure you have your maintenance slider at 50% when not at war first!!)) or send money from monthly income to the Treasury (which as you have noted, costs you inflation). Learn to live within your means, and you will have a happy, productive EU2 life.


The AI cheats, so don't be surprised that they aren't being driven to Bankruptcy.

 

[unmerged(53456)]

Thank you both for the quick response.

The links are appreciated and will definitely be a big help for future reference.

The info you gave explains why I couldn't figure out the census tax.

and thanks for letting me know about the AI cheating. Doesn't really bother me but will save me from trying to figure out how they are doing some things.

I've been glued to my pc for hours on end the past few days. Either playing or reading. The more I understand, the more hooked i get. Thanks again for the help.

 

[DSYoungEsq]

I've been glued to my pc for hours on end the past few days. Either playing or reading. The more I understand, the more hooked i get. Thanks again for the help.

Hehehe, another convert.