How does tax office work?

[Plantszaza]

I remember the quest only ask me to create one during Early Access.
Now the quest ask me to build 2 of them.
I built and activate the Shrine of Rat and every now and then I still receive taxes from walking through rats.

Are these rats actually collecting taxes for me?

[Alrecenk]

The text in game says that every time the work at the tax office completes it automatically collects the tax from the rat that currently owes the most. Seems to work for me.

[Plantszaza]

Ok, I'm demolishing that structure the next time I need extra labor.

[Sasparillafizz]

Originally posted by Alrecenk:

The text in game says that every time the work at the tax office completes it automatically collects the tax from the rat that currently owes the most. Seems to work for me.

Ah, is that how it works? I assumed it was they pay taxes when they pass the building so it's placement in high traffic areas makes a difference.

[mmmb]

It looks like the tax office will count the residents you owe the most tax and collect taxes from them after the work process is completed

[Alrecenk]

I have my tax offices way at the top of a tower, so I can confirm that placement doesn't matter (well the tax collector still has to get there to work). Later there is an electric tax collector that collects taxes from any rat that walks through it. Haven't tried it myself, since getting electricity into high traffic areas that weren't built for it is tricky. Maybe next play-through.

[Burandir]

just look at his animation :) he works a bit, then dozes off and wakes up again. Then Scribbles like a maniac before placing the currently highest tax into the City Funds again. Then he repeats. Works like a charm for me.

[Boldwyn]

Originally posted by Sasparillafizz:

Ah, is that how it works? I assumed it was they pay taxes when they pass the building so it's placement in high traffic areas makes a difference.

Rats don't automatically pay taxes. You need to collect them from the rats that owe tax, in order of research / progress:

Collect manually from rats by clicking on them - no research required (apart from Codestone and setting up the tax law)
Collect by moving past a rat - need to build and activate Shrine of Rat
Collected by tax office - build tax office and assign the job, each time the job is completed the tax is collected from the rat with most tax owed. How many offices are needed depend on your population and whether you collect taxes using above methods.
Advance electric tax building, which I didn't get yet so no idea how it work.