# Devblog: Updates to Sales Taxes & Brokers Fees **URL:** \ **Category:** Dev Blogs\ **Tags:** feedback, official, devblog\ **Created:** [July 29, 2019, 4:28pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/devblog-updates-to-sales-taxes-brokers-fees/178876 "2019-07-29T16:28:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 59
**Author:** ![Ms\_Steak](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/ms_steak/32/168834_2.png) [@Ms\_Steak](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Ms_Steak)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2019, 5:19pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/devblog-updates-to-sales-taxes-brokers-fees/178876/59 "2019-07-29T17:19:28Z")
> Increased total minimum taxation on NPC structures from 3% to 5.25%. ^ 75% increase For alphas: from 4.3% to 8.9% (107% increase). Suggestion: giving Alphas access to Accounting Lv2 (from 0) and Broker Relations Lv 3 (from 2) will even things out - minimum tax on NPC structures will be 7.5% (74.4% increase compared to 4.3%). It is still a higher increase in absolute amount of extra ISK they have to pay. > Increased total minimum taxation on NPC structures from 3% to 5.25%. Suggestion: increase Faction standings affecting broker fees from 0.3% to 0.5% (at 10.0 true standing), owner npc corporation standing from 0.2% to 0.25% (again, at 10.0). That will bring “total minimum taxation on NPC structures” down from 5.25% to 5% (2.25% tax and 2.75% broker’s fee). Or reduce the increase (yup!) of Broker Relations skill from 0.3% to 0.2% per level and increase faction standings to 0.75% (at 10.0), NPC corp standing to 0.5% (at 10.0). Net effect is same 5%(total) as proposed above with an added benefit of players hating CCP even more for “forcing them to undock” to do stuff to raise standings. A win/win situation! Make standings matter!!! Also 5% is a nice number for OCD people. Edit: Added standings to the post. Edit2: expanded standings part with alternative. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/devblog-updates-to-sales-taxes-brokers-fees/178876)._