Hello Shanti
Happy New Year to you.
Just wanted to bring to your notice a tax bug. The broodmare tax shows $2,382,000 when it should be 20,000 or so.
[b]This is from my budget page:
2012-12-31 2012 Broodmare Tax $2,382,000 $2,534,317.[/b]
The Story book auction is up and this has disrupted some of my plans. So can you do something if possible
Thanks
Vivek
The auction actually doesn’t open up for another three hours, so don’t worry too much about missing out!
Actually, there does appear to be a bug in the Broodmare taxes, certainly as far as my stable is concerned. When you look at my Stable Taxes page, it shows that I should be paying $30,000 in Broodmare taxes for 10 Broodmares, however, when you look at my Stable Budget page, it has deducted $51,000 in Broodmare taxes.
In addition, I am a little confused as to what qualifies a Broodmare to be liable for Tax. I have two broodmares, Lady of Mystery & Painted Desert, who were already in foal when I bought them at Auction. I have not been charged the Broodmare Tax for them. I have another Broodmare, Coco Diablo, who was Retired to Stud a couple of days ago and who has not been bred yet, however, I have been charged Broodmare tax for her (I mentioned her in a Post a couple of days ago).
Could you please look into these cases for me.
Thanks.
My taxes also seem to be messed up.
So overall I was taxed $663,986 for a total of 46 horses which seems like a lot to me.
Thanks
eta: this isn’t completely tax related but my yearling Bel Esprit is showing up as a racehorse.
Shanti, hello
I’d like to ask about taxes. My stable was open on December 30, 2012. As a newbie I have a first year without taxes, but now I see on taxes page that my stable will pay taxes in the end of 2013… 
Amares, as a newbie your first year you only get a discount on taxes, not a year without them
Since the 2013 tax year is listed, how do you find out what your 2012 taxes were? I know it is on the budget page, but how can you compare and double check?
Thanks in advance
It’s in the stable budget page. you need to go back to december 31, 2012 as the start date and it will show seperately all that was taken out.
Is there a way to pull up the Taxes Breakdown by year?
If you go to your tax page right now, it shows 2013 Taxes. I would like to see that page BUT for 2012 and 2011.
Is there a way to see that?
I’ll look into this over the weekend. 
Ok, what I’m trying to explain…
On the Taxes page I have “You do not qualify for the newbie discount”.
It means I’ll pay FULL taxes in december 2013. But I’m a newbie!!! I just start the game, I even never race my horses!
Amares-
I think the system was set up (because there has to be a cut-off point) so that newbies would have a minimum of one full year to get on their feet and prepare to pay full taxes. Joining December 30, right before taxes are due (your first tax “year” payment, in which you get the discount), still gives you this minimal time (a year and a day) to prepare to pay full taxes. It sucks, but there has to be a cut-off point and you happened to fall in close to that point. But one full year is still plenty to prepare, so no worries! Just know that everything you do - buying/leasing/breeding - will add to your taxes at the end of the year. It’s always a good idea to look at your “stable taxes” page instead of your account balance to see how much money you REALLY have to spend so that it doesn’t sneak up on you in a year.
OK, taxes should now be correct. Not all stables gained money, however. 
One thing I did add to the tax code is a tax deduction on shipping racehorses.
Newbies get 20%, non-newbies 10%.
So, let’s say Stable A and B each earned $1,000,000 from their racehorses in 2012. They both spent $250,000 shipping those horses in 2012.
If Stable A is a newbie, and they would normally pay (picking a random # here) $300,000 on taxes, they get to deduct $50,000 (20% of $250,000) from that amount, so they pay $250,000.
If Stable B is not a newbie, and they would normally pay $550,000 on taxes, they get to deduct $25,000 (10% of $250,000) from that amount, so they pay $525,000.
Enjoy!
My taxes were correct earlier, but I just checked again, and it appears now that I’ve been charged twixe for each of my weanlings… THey should have been $500 each, for a total of $1000, but in my stable budget it now says $2000 was taken for them.
Just thought I’d let you know
My Taxes were fine yesterday and now they look like this:
2012-12-31 2012 Racehorse Tax $419,958 $81,200
2012-12-31 2012 Stallion Tax $0 $134,828
2012-12-31 2012 Broodmare Tax $9,000 $125,828
2012-12-31 2012 Yearling/Weanling Tax $14,000 $117,828
2012-12-31 2012 Sales Tax $19,750 $97,578
2013-01-01 Lochiedo Stables Auction: Purchased Suddenly Smart (ID# 3189) from Lochiedo Stables $1,000 $37,450
Yesterday:
Racehorse Tax was $366,300
Stallion $0
Broodmare $3,000
Yearling/Weanling $14,500
Sales Tax $19,750
It took an additional $59,158 from me and my taxes were correct from the first time. But you can see from the copy of my budget page how the totals don’t make sense. I copied this 5 mins ago and it was fine yesterday.
Actually, they got fixed.
Crystal Whirl - sire’s fee is $10,000, so it’s the less of $1,000 or $2,000 == $1,000
Haute Couture - created, so fee is $5,000, less of $500 or $2,000 == $500
Spring Regatta - created, so fee is $5,000, less of $500 or $2,000 == $500
$1,000 + $500 + $500 = $2,000
Here is my Budget page:
2012-12-31 Claimed: Adomar from race 6 $5,000 $271,423
2012-12-31 2012 Racehorse Tax $160,599 $110,824
2012-12-31 2012 Stallion Tax $0 $139,693
2012-12-31 2012 Broodmare Tax $0 $139,693
2012-12-31 2012 Yearling/Weanling Tax $12,000 $127,693
2012-12-31 2012 Sales Tax $250 $130,443
2013-01-01 Lochiedo Stables Auction: Purchased Loopy De Loop (ID# 3771) from Lochiedo Stables $1,000 $97,574
It credited me $28,869 for Stallion Tax and took away $31,864 on midnight 12/31
I think the database did some partying on New Years
I seem to be missing ~$9,000
2012-12-31 2012 Racehorse Tax $114,550 $89,789
2012-12-31 2012 Stallion Tax $0 $103,494
2012-12-31 2012 Broodmare Tax $12,000 $91,494
2012-12-31 2012 Yearling/Weanling Tax $11,500 $79,994
2012-12-31 2012 Sales Tax $11,850 $68,144 <----
2012-12-31 Lease Fee: Day of Victory from Stillwater Farms [01/01/2013 to 12/31/2013] $5,000 $49,439
I believe I was charged ~14,000 instead of 5,000 for my lease.
Shanti,
Is it possible that when you worked on the tax code last night, that it is now factoring in the horses that have been bought since the 1st?
I picked up 4 new racehorses and a broodmare and had one foal born since 12/31. Approx math, shows this could be the difference.
Kayleigh’s budget is unchanged because she is in the negative and could not buy anything, so her stable is unchanged, as is her budget.
It shows I am now -$40,378
2012-12-31 Shipped Last Account from Aqueduct to Triple M Racing $100 $501,158
2012-12-31 2012 Racehorse Tax $406,786 $94,372
2012-12-31 2012 Stallion Tax $0 $134,828
2012-12-31 2012 Broodmare Tax $9,000 $125,828
2012-12-31 2012 Yearling/Weanling Tax $14,000 $117,828
2012-12-31 2012 Sales Tax $19,750 $97,578
2013-01-01 Lochiedo Stables Auction: Purchased Suddenly Smart (ID# 3189) from Lochiedo Stables $1,000 $50,622
It took away $6,956 from 12/31 to 1/1
Charged me $9,000 for 3 broodmares when I only had 2 at the end of the year. So, that could be what it did. It took yesterday as 12/31 and we were all charged for what horses we just bought on 1/1.
Just a thought, not sure if it is a right one though.
OK, people, please, unless I actually post that everything is fixed and happy, I don’t need a minute-by-minute update on how screwed up your money is.
I am attempting to get things as fixed and updated (as far as new features) as possible. However, like all other things, if your amount is off by $500 or something, I really don’t/won’t care (unless that $500 happens to put you in debt or something).