Dawn Community

The Great Xia Empire's fiscal revenue was divided into local taxes and national taxes, and local governments had taxation authority.

Although this was unfavorable to centralization, administrative capacity was constrained by reality. They could not simply impose a more centralized tax system on a whim.

As for the tax farming system... best not mention it.

Therefore, the community that had only nominally obtained an independent administrative structure—and did not even have an official name—naturally had no independent source of fiscal revenue.

For now, Community One was still its political designation in official documents.

For the former Spaceport, simple numbering had made management easier.

But for a complete society, a purely numerical designation instead stripped away its social identity.

Mark, still the director of Community One's management committee, could only express his helplessness to the Security Post.

Local finances were also an important supplement to security agencies.

Otherwise, how would they cover salaries, equipment, and a pile of other unbudgeted expenses?

The newly appointed Security Post chief agreed. He was already quite satisfied with Mark's attitude.

"Funding is still sufficient for now. At least there will be no additional expenses in the short term," the chief stated, not forgetting to lay the groundwork in advance. "But as the community develops, overtime allowances for personnel and large-scale equipment replacement and maintenance will consume a considerable amount of money.

Unless the community stops expanding."

In a sense, it was a good thing for the Security Post to need supplementary local funding.

Only if the community kept expanding, its residents became extremely wealthy, and their demands for public safety rose would the budget be driven upward.

Otherwise, things would continue to decline. Less money might be spent, but no one would be happy.

Mark understood what he meant and replied with a smile, "I