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This mod provides a way to manually collect Tax Money from your sims. The money can then be used in various situations like improving the school or library within the town or financing a children's home. It can also be used in a variety of other ways. For example, to keep a record of the city's debt or to set up simple personal bank accounts for your sims. This is a mod by Ani_ from MTS. All credits for it go to her.

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Tax Collector FAQ How does this mod work?

This mod uses the same percentage to calculate the tax as the one used to calculate bills. EA's default bill percentage is 1.3% of the Household Net Worth (furnished lot value + household funds).
If you are using a tuning mod to increase the bill percentage, the Tax Collector Mod will use this percentage instead of the EA default.
There is a Multiplyer within the Tax Collector Mod which can then be used to increase or decrease the tax percentage so it is higher or lower than the bill percentage.
The Tax Collector Mod is operated manually and is in addition to the normal bills your sims receive so they will be paying bills AND taxes. Generally, the Tax Collector Computer is used by a sim employed in the political career but you can have any sim you want in charge of the taxes in your town.
If you are still using rabbithole buildings, the Tax Collector Computer can be purchased by a sim in the political career and placed at their home. Or alternatively, if you have built your own political career building, you can place the Tax Collector Computer there and manually control one of your sims employed in the political career to take care of the taxes. This works very well with Zerbu's Ultimate Careers Mod.

How do I set up this mod to collect tax?

Place the Tax Collector Computer at your sim's home or at the City Hall lot if you have built your own and are not using rabbitholes
- Click on: Tax Collector Computer > Tax Collector > Settings > Set Name for Object
- Type in: "City Funds" or whatever you wish to name it
Make the list of households that you want to collect tax from
- Click on: Tax Collector Computer > Tax Collector > Settings > Edit Taxable List
- Select all the households you want by double clicking on them in the left pane
  - Note: There is no limit to the number of households you can add to this list (New Note)
(Optional) Change the EA default bill percentage using a tuning mod or the NRaas Retuner Mod
- The EA default bill percentage is set to 1.3% of household net worth
- If you wish to use Retuner follow these steps:-
  - Click on: City Hall or any computer > Nraas > Retuner > Settings > General > By Tunable XML >
    Sims3.Gameplay.Core > Mailbox > kPercentageOfWealthBilled
  - Enter the percentage you want in decimal format, for example 5% would be 0.05
  - Although this setting is optional and you may not wish to change it, it is recommended to check the value entered in the Retuner path mentioned above, to ensure it has a value greater than 0. The default value here should be 0.013 which equates to the EA default bill rate of 1.3%.
Place Donation Boxes on the community lots where you wish to spend the collected tax money and set their names as follows:-
- Click on: Donation Box > Settings > Set Name for Object
- Type in whatever you wish to call the object. For example, the Donation Box placed on the Library lot could be called "Library"

How do I collect the tax money?

Click on: Tax Collector Computer > Tax Collector > Tax > Collect Tax from Tax List
- Make a manual note of any sim who is unable to pay as per the notification
- Note: This is an animated interaction so sims will need to use the Tax Collector Computer to complete this interaction

How do I transfer the tax money collected to a donation box?

Click on: Tax Collector Computer > Tax Collector > Money Transfer > Transfer Money to Another Object
- Note: This is an animated interaction so sims will need to use the Tax Collector Computer to complete this interaction
Choose which object (lot) you wish to receive the funds, then click 'Select'
Enter the amount you wish to transfer to the object (lot)

How do I spend the money in the donation boxes?

If you ARE using Awesome Mod:-
- In Live Mode, click on: Donation Box > Building > Save Lot Value
  - Note: You can demolish building work & delete furniture prior to saving the lot value if you don't want your sims to get the money back for those items before they pay for the additional building work & furniture
- Enter Build/Buy Mode and build/buy on the lot but try not to spend more than the amount you have in the Donation Box
- When you have finished modifying the lot, go back to Live Mode
- Click on: Donation Box > Building > Subtract Lot Value Difference from Funds
- The money that was spent in Build/Buy Mode will be deducted from the Donation Box

If you are NOT using Awesome Mod:-
- Note: The money spent will initially come out of your active sim's household funds but will be repaid afterwards
- Take a note of your active sim's household funds - call this 'Value A'
- Use the cheat "testingcheatsenabled" and set it to "true", then shift+click on the ground of the lot
- Click on: "Build On This Lot" or "Buy On This Lot"
- Build/buy on the lot but try not to spend more than the amount you have in the Donation Box
- When you have finished modifying the lot, go back to Live Mode
- Take a note of your active sim's household funds again - call this 'Value B'
- Subtract 'Value B' from 'Value A' and make a note of the difference - call this 'Value C'
- Click on the Donation Box > Make Withdrawal > Enter 'Value C'
- The money that was spent in Build/Buy Mode will be deducted from the Donation Box and added back into your active sim's household funds

What does "Set Donation Mood Value" do?

If your sim donates money to a Donation Box, they will receive a moodlet, the same as donating through the mailbox if your sim has the good trait. With this setting, you can define how much of a good (or bad) mood you want your sim to have. For example, if a Donation Box is placed at the park and your sim donates there, they will receive a positive moodlet. If however, the Donation Box is placed at the City Hall (or the bank if you have one in your town) to record the city's debt, when your sim donates there, they are just paying off the debt so it's not really a donation. Therefore, the value can be set to zero so they don't receive a moodlet at all.

How do I set up the City Debt?

Place an additional Tax Collector Computer on the City Hall lot or at your sims home if you are still using rabbithole buildings
Click on: Tax Collector Computer > Tax Collector > Settings > Set Name for Object
Type in: "City Debt"
Calculate the value of the City Debt by adding together all the furnished values of the community lots you have built in your town
Click on: Tax Collector Computer > Tax Collector > Settings > Modify Funds
Enter the value as a negative figure by placing a minus sign (-) before it

How do I pay off the City Debt?

Click on: The "City Funds" Tax Collector Computer > Tax Collector > Money Transfer > Transfer Money to Another Object
- Note: This is an animated interaction so sims will need to use the Tax Collector Computer to complete this interaction
Click on the "City Debt" Tax Collector Computer from the list and then click "Select"
Enter the amount you wish to pay off the debt at this time but take note of the funds available
- Using this method you can pay a set figure off the debt each week or each time you collect the taxes

How do I set up a simple Personal Bank Account for my sim?

Initial Setup
- Place a Tax Collector Computer on your sims home lot or at a Bank Community Lot if you have one in your town
  - Note: You will need a Tax Collector Computer for each sim that you wish to have a personal bank account
- Click on: Tax Collector Computer> Tax Collector > Settings > Set Name for Object
- Type in the full name of your sim
To pay money into the bank account from the household funds
- Click on: Tax Collector Computer > Tax Collector > Money Transfer > Make a Payment
- Enter the amount you wish to add
- Note: This is an animated interaction so sims will need access to the Tax Collector Computer to complete this interaction
To withdraw money from the bank account to the household funds
- Click on: Tax Collector Computer > Tax Collector > Money Transfer > Make Withdrawal
- Enter the amount you wish to withdraw.
To pay another household directly into their household funds
- Click on: Tax Collector Computer > Tax Collector > Money Transfer > Transfer Money to Another Household
- Enter the amount you wish to pay
To pay another sim (who also has a Tax Collector Computer) directly into their bank account
- Click on: Tax Collector Computer > Tax Collector > Money Transfer > Transfer Money to Another Object
  - Note: This is an animated interaction so the sim will need access to the Tax Collector Computer to complete this interaction
- Select the sim you wish to pay from the list displayed and click "Select"
- Enter the amount you wish to pay

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