Editing Tax Beast

[[Image:Tax beast.gif|right|frame|In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except [[Dr Death|Dr. Death]] and the Tax Beast.]]
The '''Tax Beast''' is a green imp who travels [[Neopia]] collecting a [[wikipedia:tax|tax]] from users as part of a [[random event]]. He first appeared on October 30, 2002. When the Tax Beast appears, he steals ten percent of the [[Neopoint]]s that the user has on hand.  There is a [http://www.neopets.com/gamescores.phtml?game_id=196 High Score Table] for the Tax Beast, and [[trophy|trophies]] are given out to the users who lose the most money to him.

A related monster, the [[Angry Tax Beast]], is a red imp that steals twenty five percent of a user's on-hand Neopoints. 

==Random Event==
There is one random event involving the Tax Beast:

{{RandomEvent
|BGImage=[[Image:Bg neopia central2.jpg]]
|Image=[[Image:Tax beast RE.png]]
|Text=Not been paying your bills eh? The Tax Beast arrives and takes 10% of your Neopoints away!
}}

After receiving this Random Event, the user will lose 10% of the Neopoints that they have on hand.  Neopoints that are stored in the [[National Neopian]] or a [[Shop]] till are not affected by this event.  The first time that a user receives this event, they will unlock the Tax Beast as a [[1-Player Challengers|one-player challenger]] in the [[Battledome]].

==Battledome==
{{BattleInfo
|Tax Beast
|[[Image:Portrait_83.png]]
|November 20, 2002
|{{dif|86|112|138}}
|{{dif|90|117|144}}
|83
|Battledome
|[[Random Event]] anywhere on the site.
|The famous Tax Beast!
|battle
|Active}}


{|style="width: 675px; margin: 0 auto; {{border-radius|15px}}; border: 5px solid #EADF32; background-color: #EADF32;"
|align="center" colspan="2"|'''<big>Equipment</big>'''
|-
||
{|style="background-color: white;margin: 0 auto;"
|-valign=top
||{{ItemDisplay|weapon=yes|IMAGE=bd_tax_form.gif|name=B-308 Tax Form|JNID=21685|IDBID=2801|TDNWeapID=38}}
||{{ItemDisplay|weapon=yes|IMAGE=blackfrostcannon.gif|name=Black Frost Cannon|JNID=10781|IDBID=552|TDNWeapID=159}}
||{{ItemDisplay|weapon=yes|IMAGE=bd_downsize.gif|name=Downsize Power Plus|JNID=20285|IDBID=598|TDNWeapID=272}}
||{{ItemDisplay|weapon=yes|IMAGE=new_dragonstone_1.gif|name=Red [[Scorchstone]]|JNID=8961|IDBID=746|TDNWeapID=1715}}
|-valign=top
||{{ItemDisplay|weapon=yes|IMAGE=snowball_10.gif|name=Stone Snowball|JNID=178|IDBID=912|TDNWeapID=1915}}
||{{ItemDisplay|weapon=yes|IMAGE=bd_tax_moneybag.gif|name=Tax Beast Money Bag|JNID=22329|IDBID=1296|TDNWeapID=2292}}
||{{ItemDisplay|weapon=yes|IMAGE=bd_tax_shield.gif|name=Tax Beast Shield|JNID=22330|IDBID=1294|TDNWeapID=2293}}
||{{ItemDisplay|weapon=yes|IMAGE=bd_tax_tooth.gif|name=Tax Beast Tooth|JNID=20215|IDBID=1295|TDNWeapID=2294}}
|-
|}
|}


{|style="width: 675px; margin: 0 auto; {{border-radius|15px}}; border: 5px solid #EADF32; background-color:#EADF32; text-align:center;"
|align="center" colspan="2"|'''<big>Abilities</big>'''
|-
||
{|style="width: 665px; background-color:white; margin: 0 auto;"
|-
|style="width:85px;"|[[Image:An Icicle.png]]<br>'''[[Faerie Abilities#Tier Four: Level 25 Abilities|An Icicle]]'''
|style="width:85px;"|[[Image:Cranky.png]]<br>'''[[Faerie Abilities#Tier Three: Level 10 Abilities|Cranky]]'''
|style="width:85px;"|[[Image:Halitosis.png]]<br>'''[[Faerie Abilities#Tier One: Level 1 Abilities|Halitosis]]'''
|style="width:85px;"|[[Image:Shade.png]]<br>'''[[Faerie Abilities#Tier Two: Level 5 Abilities|Shade]]'''
|-
||[[Image:Throw Pillows.png]]<br>'''[[Faerie Abilities#Tier Five: Level 50 Abilities|Throw Pillows]]'''
|-
|}
|}

==Trivia==
*During 2007, the Tax Beast Random Events were [http://www.neopets.com/ntimes/index.phtml?section=editorial&issue=314 re-enabled] after being [http://www.neopets.com/ntimes/index.phtml?section=editorial&issue=296 "out of comission &#x005B;sic&#x005D; for quite a long time"]. 
*The [[Halloween]] [[Yurble]] resembles the Tax Beast. 

==External links==
*'''Gallery of Evil:''' [http://www.neopets.com/evil/showcreature.phtml?villain=15 The Tax Beast]
*'''Neodeck:''' [http://www.neopets.com/games/neodeck/colcardlookup.phtml?colcard_id=341 The Tax Beast]
*'''Neopets TCG:''' [http://www.neopets.com/tcg/displayCard.phtml?edid=6&id=54 Tax Beast]
*'''Caption Competition:''' [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=296 #296], [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=435 #435], [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=1100 #1100]
*'''Editorial:''' [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=64 64], [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=85 85], [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=99 99], [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=102 102], [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=104 104], [http://www.neopets.com/ntimes/index.phtml?section=editorial&issue=168 168], [http://www.neopets.com/ntimes/index.phtml?section=editorial&issue=314 314]

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[[Category:Gallery of Evil]]
[[Category:Random Events]]
[[Category:Villains]]
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