Give the economy a framework
Obligations everyone knows, a clear calendar and written penalties: every company knows what is expected of it, and competition becomes fair.
Application file · IRS takeover
Taking over the IRS, with a project already built to serve the game.
A team of three, a credible tax administration for the San Andreas economy, and a complete online portal that does the paperwork so agents don't have to.
- 3people taking over the IRS
- 6online services for players
- 12admin sections for the team
- A+ → F-company compliance score
- 3 languagesportal in French, English and Spanish
01 · Why take over the IRS
Because taxes can become a real driver of roleplay
An economy without rules soon runs out of steam: nothing sets the honest company apart from the one that cheats. We want the IRS to give weight to every decision business owners make, and to create as many scenes as it oversees.
Create roleplay, not paperwork
Payment appointments, audits, fraud investigations, negotiated payment plans: the IRS sparks interactions between business owners, agents and law enforcement.
A project that already exists
We are not starting from an idea: the Business Code is written, the portal works, the team's tools are ready. The takeover can start on day one.
Committed for the long run
A team of three with complementary roles, to keep a regular in-game presence, evolve the rules with the players and train the next generation.
Our ambition: make paying taxes in San Andreas a full part of the game, and keep cheating possible… but risky.The IRS takeover team
02 · The team
Three people to take over the IRS
Three complementary profiles, covering the running of the administration, its tools and the field. Each knows what they are in charge of, and all three know the project inside out.
James Callahan
IRS Director
- Runs the administration and sets the priorities
- Represents the IRS before the Government and other institutions
- Approves rates, announcements and A+ files
Paul Fowler
Portal and tools
- Keeps irs-rp.com and the admin area running
- Follows the statistics, the score and the network map
- Adapts the site to the rules and to player feedback
Ron Goldberg
Audits and field work
- Leads the agents, the front desk and payment collection
- Carries out audits and investigates reports
- Trains new recruits on the Business Code
3 people · one administration · the same rules for everyone
03 · The project
Three pillars
Written rules, a tool that handles repetitive work, and an organisation designed to create scenes.
Clear rules
A complete Business Code: setting up a company, obligations, tax, employment contracts, audits and penalties. Everyone plays by the same rules, available at any time and downloadable as a PDF.
A portal that does the paperwork
Companies file online, tax is calculated automatically, payment plans and late payments are tracked on their own. Agents keep their time for roleplay: meetings, collections, audits.
Roleplay for everyone
Owners manage their cash flow and their tax reputation, agents run audits and investigations, and fraudsters take risks. The IRS creates scenes, it doesn't replace them.
04 · The IRS in game
A San Andreas administration, with a history
In the game world, the Government of San Andreas entrusted a single administration with collecting and auditing taxes, modelled on the federal IRS. It bears its name and seal, and has three missions.
Collect
Collect tax from companies, based on their weekly returns, fairly and transparently.
Audit
Check returns and accounts, investigate reports and penalise fraud under the Code.
Support
Help struggling companies (payment plans), refund overpayments, answer owners' questions.
Los Santos
Headquarters of the Administration, at the heart of the State's economy.
Sandy Shores
Blaine County office, for businesses around the desert and the lake.
Paleto Bay
Northern office: no more crossing the whole State.
05 · The tax cycle
One week, one simple rhythm
The calendar fits in one sentence: file for the past week, pay before Thursday evening. Simple for players, steady for the team.
- BusinessFrom Monday to Sunday, the company works and keeps its accounts.art. 4-1.4
- ClosingOn Sunday at 11:30 pm, the week is closed.
- FilingRevenue, expenses and employees, online: tax is calculated live.
- PaymentTo an IRS agent, before the following Thursday at 8:00 pm.art. 4-2.9
- Follow-upApproval, collection, late payments and penalties: everything is recorded.
10 to 70%of profit, depending on the business sector (art. 4-2.10), set by the team.
2 weeksof exemption for a new company, one that was bought or has a new owner (art. 4-2.8).
Payment planafter a tough week: tax paid in several weekly instalments.
Late paymentsurcharge and penalties if the tax is not paid on time (art. 4-2.9).
06 · The irs-rp.com portal
Everything a business owner needs, online
A complete site, designed like a real government portal but clearly marked as a roleplay website. One account, in the character's name, for all their companies.
File a return
The weekly return, with live tax calculation and a link to the company's accounts.
See the pageRequest a payment plan
Spread the tax over several weeks, with a reasoned request reviewed by an agent.
See the pageRefunds
Overpayment, filing error or double payment: a request with proof, tracked until the refund.
See the pageReport fraud
Tax fraud, business identity theft, fake IRS messages: even without an account.
See the pageBusiness Code
All the rules, with search, table of contents, a formatted PDF, and one-click updates from the working document.
See the pageHelp and assistant
An FAQ and a built-in assistant that answers questions on rates, deadlines and procedures.
See the pageMaps
The interactive map of San Andreas: counties, official districts, roads and terrain taken from game data.
See the mapFrench, English and Spanish
The whole portal, Business Code included, is available in all three languages at the click of a button.
French version07 · The team's tools
A complete admin area
The IRS team has its own area to run the administration day to day. Accounts can have full access or read-only access.
- Dashboard: returns to process, late payments, pending requests, collections of the week.
- Returns and payments: approval, rejection, collection of instalments, late payments calculated automatically.
- Payment plans, refunds, reports: each request is handled with an internal note and a reply to the player.
- Network map: the web of returns, showing who files for which company and spotting suspicious set-ups.
- Company score: a compliance grade that rises with on-time payments and drops with late payments and reports.
- Charts: more than sixty weekly statistics, as lines, areas, bars or breakdowns.
- Settings: rates by sector, tax base, payment deadline, news and accounts.
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Management
Lead
Sets rates and priorities, approves the files of the best companies (A+), publishes announcements.
Agents
Collect
Meet business owners, collect tax before Thursday evening, approve returns and handle payment plans.
Audits
Investigate
Handle reports, compare returns with accounts, and use the network map and the score to target audits.
Read-only
Oversee
Staff accounts see the whole admin area without being able to change anything: ideal for supervision.
08 · What the project brings
A benefit for everyone, players and staff alike
The IRS is not one more constraint: it makes the economy readable, gives people roles to play and gives the server staff a clear view of what is going on.
A regulated economy
- Part of the money earned goes back to the State, every week
- Rates by sector to balance activities that are too profitable
- Reliable figures on the health of the economy
A clear, fair framework
- Written rules, the same for everyone
- Quick online procedures, no waiting
- A tax reputation to defend, from C up to A+
Roles to play
- Positions as agents, auditors and advisers
- Collection, audit and investigation scenes
- For fraudsters: risk, and therefore roleplay
A reliable partner
- Solid files to share with the police and the courts
- Reports centralised and followed up
- Dated evidence: returns, payments, histories
Transparency and oversight
- Read-only access to the whole admin area
- Weekly statistics
- Rules that can be changed without touching the site
A consistent world
- An administration with a history, a seal and offices
- A portal as convincing as a real public website
- A map of San Andreas true to the game
09 · Our goals
Short, medium and long term
A step-by-step takeover: first get the essentials running, then set up audits, and finally make the IRS a lasting pillar of the economy.
Short term
The first weeks- Take over the files and open the portal to every company
- Recruit and train the first agents on the Business Code
- Open the Los Santos headquarters with set opening hours
- Announce the rules: rates by sector, calendar, initial exemption
- Support owners through their first returns
Medium term
The first months- Every company files every week, on time
- First targeted audits, guided by the score and the network map
- Open the offices in Sandy Shores and Paleto Bay
- Work with the police and the courts on fraud cases
- Record directors and partners to know who owns what
Long term
Over time- Make the IRS a recognised pillar of the San Andreas economy
- Adjust rates based on statistics, sector by sector
- Publish a regular report: revenue, audits, fraud uncovered
- Issue certificates of tax compliance, useful in game
- Train the next generation so the IRS lives on beyond its founding team
10 · A serious project
Reliable, secure and unambiguous
- Clearly fictional: a permanent banner reminds visitors that the site is a roleplay website, unrelated to the real IRS; no real data is ever requested.
- Protected accounts: hashed passwords (never stored in plain text), secure sessions, admin access checked by the server.
- Respect for players: no advertising trackers or audience measurement, only necessary cookies.
- Dedicated hosting and database backups before every major change.
- Adaptable: rates, dates and sectors are set from the admin area, to follow the server's rules.
Three people, one ready project
Rules, a rhythm, tools and a team: everything is in place to make taxation a real playground in San Andreas.