Tax bonus question

[Leeham991]

I tried to search to see if this has already been answered, but the forums keep timing out.My question though, getting back in RS2 inspired by the 7 hours of Rome 2 I tried which prompted me to go back to RS rather than playing EB like I have been the last year, is what the tax bonuses actually mean.I noticed that some of my conquered territories are failing to go up into a proper balance and end up being a massive drain, this got me thinking about the buildings which say "tax bonus (or penalty)" and I wonder what that penalty would be for. I thought maybe buildings from another culture from my faction maybe the stated bonus is actually a penalty?

[tungri_centurio]

no the penalty is the maintainance of the buildings i believe.

[Zydrius]

Well certain buildings require unkeep to keep them running (paying staff, cleaning the dirt, decorating exterior, etc.). Penalties in my opinion bring balance - if you upgrade something, you get additional bonuses, but you have to give something in exchange. And if you conquer settlement, which belongs to another faction, I think the main goverment building will always give you a tax penalty (who is willing to pay taxes to some foreign conqueror?), but I might be incorrect here.

And bonus is bonus and penalty (with minus sign) is penalty. It's not like that certain building bonus turns into penalty if another fation conquers that settlement.

[Leeham991]

Ah I see, I just wondered because I seem to struggle more getting some regions to stand up on their own feet more than others. I suppose it works how I always suspected then.