Taxes

The Game Mechanics section of the manual details the internal formula used in the game's calculations. This section of the manual uses pseudo-code and may not be 100% the same as the code in the game.

The Game Mechanics part of the manual is mainly designed to be a reference for the frequently asked question, “Why do I get this rating when I do X, Y, Z?!” Usually, this answer involves many different variables, which this section of the manual demonstrates.

The game mechanics section of the manual shows how the sausage gets made. So you really may want to avoid this portion of the manual if you enjoy the game.

Variables

Name	Description	Name	Description
Interest_Income	This is the income generated from interest	Quarter_Income	This is the revenues you made over the last 3 months
Quarter_Costs	Your expenses over the last 3 months	Lobbying_Efficiency	This is your lobbying efficiency value based on your lobbying budget and time
maxLobbyingFunds	This is the maximum you can spend on lobbying	HQ_Tax_Rate	This is the tax rate of your HQ city
Yearly_Profits	This is the yearly profits of your company, revenues minus expenses	Tax_Refund	If you overpaid your taxes for the year, you'll get money back
Tax_Underpaid	If you underpaid your taxes, you'll have to pay more	IRS	The taxman
branch_city_tax_rate	Tax rate of the branch selling the vehicle	factory_city_tax_Rate	Tax rate of the factory shipping the vehicle to the branch selling it
SellPrice	The sales price of the vehicle being sold	NumberOfCarsSoldHere	The number of vehicles sold at this branch

Taxable Income

Quarter_Profits = Interest_Income + (Quarter_Income - Quarter_Costs)
 
lobbyMod = lobbying_Efficiency / (maxLobbyingFunds * 3.5)
 
Quarter_Profits = Quarter_Profits * (1 - lobbyMod)

Quarterlies

if(Quarter_Profits > 0)
{
    Taxes_This_Quarter = Quarter_Profits * HQ_Tax_Rate
 
    Taxes_Paid_This_Year = Taxes_Paid_This_Year + Taxes_This_Quarter
}

Yearly

Taxes_Owed_For_Year = Yearly_Profits * HQ_Tax_Rate
 
if(Taxes_Owed_For_Year < Taxes_Paid_This_Year)
{
   Tax_Refund = Taxes_Paid_This_Year - Taxes_Owed_For_Year
}
else if(Taxes_Owed_For_Year < Taxes_Paid_This_Year)
{
    Tax_Underpaid = Taxes_Owed_For_Year - Taxes_Paid_This_Year
}
else
{
    The IRS will find something. 
}

Import

For Each Car Shipped From Factory To Branch
{
  if(Factory Country is not branch country)
  {
      importTaxRate = branch_city_tax_rate - factory_city_tax_Rate
 
      if(importTaxRate < 0.05)
          importTaxRate = 0.02;
      else
          importTaxRate /= 2.0;
 
      importTax = SellPrice * importTaxRate * NumberOfCarsSoldHere
  }    
}

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