Land Area Taxes

Is this new this patch that land areas have 5% taxes yet they are unowned?
Where are these taxes going?

 

As far as I know all LAs are owned by two players so taxes go to them. 5% seems a bit steep though. I'm already losing money on huons lately. Think I might need to move onto untaxed land for a while.

Regards,
KikkiJikki

 

The areas are owned and have had some issues since launch which were fixed after the update yesterday.
The tax is set at 5% on both areas and it is fixed at that for now.

- Deathifier

 

Okay a bit off topic since I already knew you and another owned those areas. But 5%, really? Sorry I have just always hated that tax figure. Also another thing(and getting further off topic but I think this is the best place to ask), Will Arkadian's see some of that tax revenue back(events and such)?

 

While I respect your desire to get a return on your LA investment, right now 5% is a little tough to take.

Regards,
KikkiJikki

 

I am curious deathifier, why a higher tax then Treasure Island? Don't tell me you prefer calypso players over Arkadians?

 

I'm sorry to hear that Dave. Cos basically that really sucks.

Regards,
KikkiJikki

 

true true but at least it will stop the fault dwelling for that.

 

Well i guess it's understandable from MA's point of view, they have to protect the value of the current LA's. I still don't like it though

 

Ah... the taxes....

Good to hear D has nothing to do with the %. Dave are you pushing them to run some events and support Arkadia more? You evil!

Hope to see some events soon ^_^

.LeZ.

 

Actually, if I understand it right, the tax is approx 5% only for large batches of loot.

At least one item will be taken from your loot as tax before you see the rest of the loot in the loot window.

So if you for example find two items, you will see only one item in your loot window, another will be taken as tax, so your tax in this case is 50%.

If you loot only one item on a taxed LA, it is taken as tax, and you don't see any loot at all, so your tax is 100%.

That's why people avoid taxed LAs.

 

Endy I dont think that is correct. Ped value of your loot is determined first. Tax is deducted if appropriate. Then specific loot stackables and items are assigned to match the value. So if your loot was one great weapon, TT value would be a little smaller.

Of course thats just my theory....

Regards,
KikkiJikki

 

crap didnt even know it was taxed now , this forces me to stop hunting huons :/

loved huons , sad to see em go.

cheers

ermik

 

Well it had to happen eventually. LA owners got to make an income but the timing and actual value is unfortunate.

 

so this tax mandated by MA is it permanent or for a specified time and or will it apply to all areas on all planets

 

ofcourse , but this means no more huons for me , i try not to hunt on taxed lands.

cheers

ermik

 

What if it's Dunkel? You can't change its TT value, only the amount of it.

So if you loot 1 Dunkel on a LA, that means you actually have found two, but one was taken as tax, so your tax is 50%, in the way I've described above.

If you find one Dunkel, it goes to MA and LA owner, don know how they split it, but you won't even see the loot window, that is your tax is 100%.

5% tax is more or less correct if you find like 8364812312 barrels of oil but not for rare and expensive ores/enmatters

 

if you find tt value below whats possible for 1 dunkel , you simply dont find dunkel.

cheers

ermik

 

Yes you will just get lyst (for example) instead