# Avoid Taxes on Items Sold

Tax rates on items sold through retainers changes every Saturday at 8am Pacific. 

* The tax rate you have depends on where your retainer is dispatched. You can freely move where your retainer is dispatched from any time.
* The tax rates may change each week, but usually the 3 starting cities have 5% tax (no discount). Other cities usually will have a 3% tax (a 2% discount). Sometimes there will be a lucky city where they have a 0% tax (5% discount) for the week.
* You want the lowest tax (most discount) to retain the most profit!

Reducing your in-game tax obligation is especially important if you sell high-value items.

For example, if you sell an item for 1m gil at the normal 5% tax rate, you would lose 50k gil from the sale. Sell an item for 10m and you would lose 500k! Change your retainer to a tax haven of 3% to only lose 300k, or even a lucky week with 0% tax to not lose any gil on sales!

## Check Market Tax Rates

Visit a Retainer Vocate, found in each major city where retainer services exist.

Select "View market tax rates."

![View market tax rates screen.](https://4170207693-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FR1n8AF6oAn1gSEyCo2De%2Fuploads%2FMVSONC7ORHiL6QeNJM5w%2Fimage.png?alt=media\&token=08cc2b54-7ce0-4503-b9c4-0251d34a1dfc)

Select a city to check their tax rate for the week!

![City tax rate screen.](https://4170207693-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FR1n8AF6oAn1gSEyCo2De%2Fuploads%2FxpMFNsZQf5eTiTHroidK%2Fimage.png?alt=media\&token=d2b30ca1-7e0f-4d8e-ab39-c9bd615d0930)

![Kugane is reduce to 3% taxes this week.](https://4170207693-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FR1n8AF6oAn1gSEyCo2De%2Fuploads%2Fvm6B0wXuNR5DxA4ZUUFX%2Fimage.png?alt=media\&token=42312513-4fab-480b-8236-181811f7f974)

See if there's a city with 0% to get no taxes taken out of items you sell for the week.

![Crystarium has 0% tax this week!](https://4170207693-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FR1n8AF6oAn1gSEyCo2De%2Fuploads%2F753xcvCHr0Sgawwba2M9%2Fimage.png?alt=media\&token=b4f131ef-3665-4e3d-b593-dcba38286e67)

## Dispatch Retainer to Avoid Taxes

Once you've found a city with a tax rate you like, go to that city's Retainer Vocate.

At the city's Retainer Vocate, select to "Dispatch a retainer" to that city.

![Retainer Vocate screen.](https://4170207693-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FR1n8AF6oAn1gSEyCo2De%2Fuploads%2Ft3lX208qqfu8aMoctmM9%2Fimage.png?alt=media\&token=1eeec025-6604-4c7e-a64f-7d47554f8963)

![Dispatch a retainer.](https://4170207693-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FR1n8AF6oAn1gSEyCo2De%2Fuploads%2FStpimuJBqzG7aizGK6Dk%2Fimage.png?alt=media\&token=2bb5a525-0466-4c33-9ece-6e8bc245f1df)

Now when you go to your retainer and click view items you're selling, you should see the market tax reduction message at the bottom show the reduction you chose.

![Confirmed to be tax free this week!](https://4170207693-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FR1n8AF6oAn1gSEyCo2De%2Fuploads%2FkD2M4fiwWN0FoSzqxWMl%2Fimage.png?alt=media\&token=62b62d93-485d-40a2-9ba2-1bbb8627a1b6)