Modern, configurable tax system for Vault-based Minecraft economies
Paper 26.1+ • Java 25+ • Vault required • Optional: EzEconomy, EzSeasons
Why EzTax?
- Transaction Taxes – Deducts a configurable percentage or flat fee when a player sends money
- Wealth Tax – Periodically taxes players above a configurable balance threshold
- Progressive Tax – Realistic, tiered tax brackets (like real-world tax systems)
- Group-Based Taxation – Apply different tax rates based on player groups or permissions
- Player Exemptions – Exempt specific players from taxation
- Inactivity Fees – Tax players who have not been online for a set number of days
- Death Fees – Charge a percentage of balance on player death (configurable worlds/exemptions)
- Tax Sinks – Route collected taxes to a server account or remove them from the economy
- Tax History – Paginated, per-player transaction history via
/tax history - Stats & Sinks – View total tax collected and breakdown by type with
/tax statsand/tax sinks - In-Game Config GUI – Edit tax settings live from an inventory GUI
- Reloadable Config – Apply config changes instantly with
/tax reload - EzSeasons Integration – Logs a season-reset summary of dates and totals collected
- Full Vault Compatibility – Works with any Vault-based economy; EzEconomy recommended
- MySQL Support – Store statistics and tax history in MySQL with automatic schema migration
Requirements
- Java 25 or newer
- Paper 26.1+ (Minecraft 26.1)
- Vault
- A Vault-compatible economy plugin (EzEconomy recommended)
Commands
- /tax check – Preview your next tax amounts and outstanding fines
- /tax pay – Pay all outstanding taxes immediately
- /tax payfine – Pay all outstanding fines immediately
- /tax show – Detailed breakdown of your current taxes
- /tax fines – Detailed breakdown of your outstanding fines
- /tax stats – View server-wide tax statistics
- /tax history [player] – View paginated tax transaction history
- /tax reload – Reload config (admin)
- /tax sinks – View configured tax sink destinations (admin)
- /tax runwealthtax – Manually trigger a wealth tax cycle (admin/testing)
- /tax runtaxpayment – Manually trigger a tax payment run (admin/testing)
- /tax exempt/unexempt/exemptions – Manage player exemptions (admin)
- /tax settaxrate – Set global or group tax rates (admin)
- /tax transactiontax – View or manage transaction tax settings (admin)
Permissions
- eztax.command.use – Use the /tax command (default: everyone)
- eztax.command.check – Preview next tax amounts (default: everyone)
- eztax.command.paytax – Pay outstanding taxes (default: everyone)
- eztax.command.payfine – Pay outstanding fines (default: everyone)
- eztax.command.showtax – View detailed tax breakdown (default: everyone)
- eztax.command.showfines – View detailed fines breakdown (default: everyone)
- eztax.command.stats – View server-wide stats (default: op)
- eztax.command.history – View own tax history (default: everyone)
- eztax.command.history.others – View any player's tax history (default: op)
- eztax.command.reload – Reload config (default: op)
- eztax.command.sinks – View tax sinks (default: op)
- eztax.command.runwealthtax – Trigger wealth tax run (default: op)
- eztax.command.runtaxpayment – Trigger tax payment run (default: op)
- eztax.command.settaxrate – Set tax rates (default: op)
- eztax.command.transactiontax.view – View transaction tax config (default: op)
- eztax.command.transactiontax.manage – Modify transaction tax config (default: op)
- eztax.command.exempt – Exempt a player from taxes (default: op)
- eztax.command.unexempt – Remove player exemption (default: op)
- eztax.command.exemptions – List exempt players (default: op)
- eztax.command.config – Open admin configuration GUI (default: op)
- eztax.exempt – Permanent exemption from all taxes (default: none)
Configuration
- Enable/disable each tax type independently
- Flat or progressive brackets for transaction tax and wealth tax
- Group-based rates and per-player exemptions
- Wealth tax threshold, percentage, and schedule interval
- Inactivity fee: days threshold, flat fee, percentage
- Death fee: percentage, maximum loss, world exemptions
- Tax sink: route to a named player account or remove from economy
- MySQL storage: host, port, database, table prefix
- Debug mode for troubleshooting
Integration
- EzEconomy – Modern Vault Economy Plugin
- EzSeasons – Season-reset summary logged automatically (soft-depend)
- Works with any Vault provider
FAQ
Q: Does EzTax require EzEconomy?
A: No, but EzEconomy is recommended for best compatibility and features.
Q: Can I disable certain taxes?
A: Yes, each tax type is independently configurable in config.yml.
Q: Where do taxes go?
A: Taxes can be routed to a server account or removed from the economy (sink).
Q: Does it support MySQL?
A: Yes, EzTax can store statistics and tax history in MySQL with automatic schema migration.
Q: What changed in 2.0.0?
A: Requires Minecraft 26.1 and Java 25. Adds Jaloquent ORM storage, tax history, EzSeasons integration, and an in-game config GUI.
Related Plugins
- EzEconomy – Modern Vault Economy Plugin
- EzAuction – Buy Orders, Advanced GUI, Shop Price
- EzShops – Dynamic Shops, Player Shops, Sell Hand/Inv
Developed by Shadow48402 | EzPlugins Discord: https://discord.gg/yWP95XfmBS
