How do I raise Taxes

[cheese345]

I am getting destroyed finiancally once the map opens up to canada. My tax income is 0 and am fully reliant on finiancing. How do I raise taxes? I can't find the button!

[Hobo]

Same question.  Sadly this is a dead forum as it is a great game 

[pandakraut]

A system to generate extra taxes is not currently implemented. Your settlements do generate passive income based on their workforce. 

As of now, this system is rather unfinished but there are still a few ways to make money. 
 
The first is through financing: Financing comes from settlements and the amount received is tied to your government structure and the population of a settlement. Be warned, the ai can and will sabotage you which will drastically reduce your income from financing. Maintaining a high budget for the intelligence department will help negate these events.

The second is through sea trade: This value seems somewhat random but is tied to how many merchant vessels can get through to your ports. Having more ports will increase this value but overall, this number will swing wildly. If you are contest the British on the seas, sea trade can become incredibly lucrative. Naval can be very frustrating as there are lots of things missing from it, so I don't really recommend dealing with it unless you're very determined.

The third is through selling items: There are a variety of buildings which can net you a fair amount of money in the early game (fur trader and textile mill) however, just about anything can be sold. Captured weapons, mined resources, building materials, captured ships (highly valuable), and produced goods. It is worth nothing that the price of goods are dynamic, the more you sell, the less you can sell each additional item for and vice versa, the more you buy, the more expensive it is to continue buying. With time, these values will reset back to their median price so selling in small batches throughout the campaign will net you more funding than only selling in large quantities when you are near bankrupt.

It is important to remember, that the economy is a majorly limiting factor! If you build too many regiments or produce goods at an unstainable rate, you will run out of funding very, very quickly. The best way to preserve your money is to not overstretch yourself