Go to the Budget tab of the Economy panel, then use the sliders for the particular service you want to adjust. You can safely drop the budget for it this will reduce the plant’s power output but still leave you enough to power your city.Īs your population grows, you can just raise the budget as needed to bring the power output back up. Very early in the game you’re not going to need anywhere near the 40MW that the coal power plant can produce. Take, for example, if you went for a coal power plant as your first power source. Method #3: Dropping the Budget on ServicesĪ negative weekly income is often due to overspending on services, so it’s a good idea to check if there are things you can cut back on. Wait a while to see if your population stops growing, or if people complain about taxes being too high, before increasing again. To be safe, increase from 9% by 1% at a time. Most cities should be able to get away with a tax rate of around 12%. Method #2: Raising Taxes ModeratelyĪfter you’ve done the tax trick above, instead of bringing it back down to the default 9%, you could also consider a modest long-term tax raise. Once your population change is positive again, you can rinse and repeat as necessary. Once you see it hit zero, or go negative, it’s time to lower your taxes back down to a more reasonable 9-10%.

While your taxes are maxed out, keep an eye on your weekly population change indicator. Soon enough you’ll see a boost in your income (which, unless you were severely over budget, should be enough to take your weekly balance into the green). Go to the Economy panel to take your taxes all the way up for a short amount of time. Take the sliders all the way to the right, so that all the zone types are at 29%. Go to the Economy panel (the cash icon on the menu) then click on the Taxes tab.

You can take advantage of that time between raising taxes and them leaving.

However, this negative effect doesn’t happen instantly. This “hack” works by giving you a substantial spike in tax income for a short duration.īy default, the taxes for your RICO (residential, industrial, commercial, and office) zones are at 9% most of the time it’s a good idea to keep your tax rates fairly close to that as your citizens will become unhappy and leave if taxes are too high. Method #1: Temporarily Maxing Out the Taxes Whether you’ve found yourself in the red from a consistently negative cash flow, or some poor decisions with loans and overspending, here are a few of the best things you can try to salvage your economy in Cities: Skylines.

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