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7. INCOME, EXPENSES, AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Cities: Skylines

7. INCOME, EXPENSES, AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

Manage your Cities: Skylines city's finances by tracking revenue vs expenses, taxation, utility fees, and service upkeep costs.

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Manage your Cities: Skylines city's finances by tracking revenue vs expenses, taxation, utility fees, and service upkeep costs.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Record your budget, noting revenue versus expenses.
  2. 2
    Track taxation, utility fees, and service income.
  3. 3
    Manage service upkeep costs for electricity, health, garbage, and education.
  4. 4
    If your revenue allows, adjust tax rates without negatively impacting population growth.
  5. 5
    In many stable cities, taxes and service fees will naturally outpace expenses, often without requiring aggressive tax increases.
  6. 6
    Be aware that garbage management, healthcare, and death care can become surprisingly expensive, so monitor these categories closely.
  7. 7
    A healthy target is to maintain a steady positive hourly income without overbuilding services too early in your city's development.
Tips
  • Keep an eye on the most expensive service categories: garbage management, healthcare, and death care.
  • Aim for steady positive hourly income rather than expanding services too quickly.
  • Adjust tax rates cautiously, ensuring you do not harm population growth.

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