Housing Taxes

Summary

• Players who have two or more "qualifying" houses across all of their accounts (by OutlandsID) will now be subject to paying Housing Taxes
• This system will go into effect on April 15, 2025
• Players will not accumulate any taxes until the system goes into effect

Housing Tax Menus

• If a player either currently qualifies for Housing Taxes, or has past unpaid Housing Taxes, they will see a Housing Taxes section displayed in the center of the Overview Page of the Housing Menu of their houses
• Players can click the "Details" button on the Housing Tax section to view a Tax Report menu explaining their Housing Taxes in detail

Bankers

• Any player can also say the word "Tax" near a Banker NPC in town to view a Tax Report for their houses on their accounts (by OutlandsID)
• Players can also shift-click a Banker and select the Housing Taxes context menu entry to view their Tax Report

Qualifying and Exempt Houses

By default, all types of Houses and House Boats are considered to be qualifying houses. However, the following types of houses are considered exempt types:

• Prestige Guild Houses
• Rental Rooms

Exempt House types will never be subject to taxes and will have no impact on Housing Taxes for a player

Who Qualifies For Housing Taxes

• Only players who have two or more "qualifying" houses across their accounts (by OutlandsID) will be subject to Housing Taxes
• Players who only have a single house will never be subject to Housing Taxes

Surface Area

• In order to determine Housing Tax amounts due for players, their qualifying houses are "ranked" in order of highest to lowest by Surface Area
• The Surface Area of a house is based on the Dimensions of the ground floor, i.e (Width * Height)

Example: A house that was listed as 16x22 would have a Surface Area of 16 x 22 = 352 Tiles

Players can find the Dimensions of a house in the following locations:

• In the Home Surveying Tool menu
• In the Housing Taxes Menu
• In the Outlands Wiki for Housing

Ranking Houses

• Exempt House types (Rental Rooms and Prestige Guild Houses) are never ranked and will never impact Housing Taxes for players
• A player's qualifying house with the 1st largest Surface Area is considered their Primary House
• A player's qualifying house with the 2nd largest Surface Area is considered their Secondary House
• A player's qualifying house with the 3rd largest Surface Area is considered their Tertiary House

Yearly Tax Amounts

The amount of Yearly Taxes that are accumulated for each of a player's houses is based on their Ranking, as follows:

Primary House	Secondary House	Tertiary House

• Primary House: None
• Secondary House: Yearly Tax of (100,000 + (5,000 * Surface Area)) Gold
• Tertiary House: Yearly Tax of (1,000,000 + (50,000 * Surface Area)) Gold

Accumulating Taxes

• Taxes for houses are accumulated on a Daily basis
• The Daily Tax amount for each house is (Yearly Taxes / 365)
• At the start of each day, players accumulate the total combined Daily Tax amounts for all qualifying houses across their accounts (by OutlandsID)

Note: While Yearly Taxes are listed in the Tax Report, that value is only used to calculate Daily Taxes (i.e there is no end of year "massive" tax for houses)

• Players can view their "Amount Owed" from either the Housing Menu or a Tax Report menu
• Players can also view how many "Days of Unpaid Taxes" they have accumulated since last paying off their Amount Owed