# Sale and Broker Fees **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [November 10, 2019, 2:44pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/sale-and-broker-fees/200205 "2019-11-10T14:44:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**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:** [November 10, 2019, 3:39pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/sale-and-broker-fees/200205/2 "2019-11-10T15:39:57Z")
> [@Giddy\_McFee](#): > > would I “keep” some of those skills when I reverted to alpha no. You only retain skills that are available for Alphas, the rest get locked when you revert. As an alternative you can set up your sale orders at citadels with market service. That way Broker fee will be only what owner has set (it is also unaffected by skills and standings). For example, near Jita such a citadel can be found in Perimeter - only 1 jump away. Shameless self plug: > [@Devblog: Updates to Sales Taxes & Brokers Fees](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/devblog-updates-to-sales-taxes-brokers-fees/178876/59): > > 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: inc… Imo, restricting market PvP ability of alphas might negatively affect ISK velocity (market activity) which is bad for the game. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/sale-and-broker-fees/200205)._