Paydays & Taxes

The server runs a real-time economy: money you earn from any source is taxed at the moment it's earned, and a hourly payday trickles in passive income on top.

# Hourly payday

Every full hour of online time, your character receives a payday — a small base amount plus a multiplier based on:

• Job tier if you're employed by a faction or business (your faction tier sets the rate)
• Time on the server for unaffiliated civilians
• Buffs from temporary government programs (rare)

Payday is paid into your bank account automatically. Cash on hand isn't affected.

# Tax categories

Every transaction routed through a server-managed system has tax automatically deducted. The categories are:

Category	Where it applies	Rate
Income	Job paychecks, business salary	12%
Sales	Buying anything from a shop, vendor, or vehicle dealer	8%
Property	Initial purchase, rental deposits	5%
Vehicle	Car lot purchases, dealership orders	6%

Rates can be adjusted by the in-game government (Mayor's office). The numbers above are the defaults.

# Where taxes go

Taxes accumulate in the government treasury, visible on the City Hall public dashboard. The Mayor and treasury officials use that pool to:

• Fund department salaries (LSPD, EMS, Fire)
• Pay out government contracts
• Subsidise specific industries (rare buffs)

Taxes are not an admin black hole — they're the only thing keeping civic factions paid.

# What's not taxed

Direct player-to-player transactions don't go through the tax system:

• Cash handed over via /pay
• A vehicle sold privately at the car lot's "list for sale" feature is taxed (it's still routed through the lot)
• Goods traded inside scenes via /me//do aren't trackable, so they aren't taxed

# Checking your records

Open your phone → Bank app → Transactions tab. Every payday, every tax deduction, and every transfer is logged with a timestamp.