The Simpsons: Tapped Out IRS and Job Manager content update

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The Simpsons: Tapped Out IRS and Job Manager content update was released with a server activation on September 24, 2015, and is the one hundred and third content update, adding 1 new character, 1 new building and 2 new function. Its content was added in the Springfield Heights content update. It unlocks by reaching Level 35 (IRS) and 37 (Job Manager).

Characters

Image Character or Skin Cost Unlock Message Notes IRS Drone 50 Requires IRS. Available from September 30th.

Buildings

Image Name Cost Build Time Notes IRS FREE 6s Unlocked after starting Taxes Hold'em Pt. 4. Collects income from items and characters in tap radius. Office of Unemployment's new function: Job Manager FREE - Unlocked after starting Between Jobs Pt. 1.

Levels

Name Picture Unlock IRS (Level 1 to 8) Fancy IRS (Level 9)

Unreleased Icons

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  "Collect from All Finished Jobs" Icon

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  "Send All on animated jobs!" Icon

Conform-o-meter impact

Building or Item Rating Points IRS Indolence 10

IRS Gameplay

Taxes Hold'em

Taxes Hold'em Pt. 1

After the user logs in: The best part of rebuilding Springfield is that it makes me proud of my accomplishments. On second thought, the best part of rebuilding Springfield is all the money I'm collecting. System Message Complete this quest chain to unlock the IRS. Use the IRS building to collect income easier! Task: Make Homer Collect Income by Hardly Working (1h, Simpson House) Task: Collect Income from Buildings [x20] Quest reward: 100 and 10

Taxes Hold'em Pt. 2

After tapping on Homer's exclamation mark: Earning money is a lot harder now that Springfield is so big, and everything is so expensive! It's called inflation. The more money you create out of thin air, the more expensive things will get. I don't really have THAT much money though, see... Task: Make Homer Count His Money (1h, Simpson House) Quest reward: 100 and 10

Taxes Hold'em Pt. 3

After tapping on Homer's exclamation mark: Okay, okay. Maybe I have SOME money. Is that such a crime? Actually, Mr. Simpson. Not paying taxes on your income is a very serious crime. I'm Agent Johnson of the IRS, and you're going to tell me who else in town has been evading their taxes. Look, I get it. You're playing good cop, bad cop. I'd like to speak to the good cop, please. That's cute. I am the good cop. *whimper* Task: Make Homer Snitch on Tax Evaders (1h, Simpson House) So what you're saying is that everyone in Springfield hasn't paid any taxes since the town was destroyed? Even for a member of the IRS that's too much paperwork. I suppose since nobody can even tell me what state we're in I have no choice but to let it slide. Quest reward: 100 and 10

Taxes Hold'em Pt. 4

After tapping on Homer's exclamation mark: So, Agent Johnson. What are you going to do now that the IRS is letting everyone in town evade their taxes? Our branch has to do something, and collecting money is all we know. Isn't there any use for that in this town? Actually... System Message Collect your income faster with the IRS - available in the store now! Task: Build the IRS Quest reward: 100 and 10

Taxes Hold'em Pt. 5

After building IRS Building: Okay, we've set up our new PERSONAL tax collection service We've started with the base service, which is free of charge. Yeah, free, right. I know how things work in this game. Come on, it's free! Give it a try. It will allow you to collect your income in a more efficient, a.k.a. lazier way. System Message Tap on buildings and characters to collect in a radius around them. Upgrade the IRS to increase the area! Task: Collect Income Using the IRS [x3] Quest reward: 100 and 10

Taxes Hold'em Pt. 6

After completing House Always Wins Pt. 5: You really did make it easier. Now I can collect taxes while sitting on my couch with a beer in one hand, a sandwich in the other, another beer balanced on my belly, and in this cup holder... a second sandwich. I'm afraid to ask what you used to collect taxes with. Years of working at the power plant has left me with a pretty useful vestigial tail. And a pretty useless case of irreversible radiation poisoning. So... can you make that circle thing even bigger so I can collect more money, in less time? Of course! You just need to upgrade to our Deluxe or Mega-Lazy service. Every time you do we'll make it even easier for you to collect your income. So to do less work collecting money, I need to earn a bunch of money first by working? Exactly. Let me give you a little lesson in economics. System Message Upgrade the IRS to increase the Tax Collection Radius and save yourself more tapping! Task: Uprade the IRS to Level 2 Quest reward: 100 and 10 After levelling it up to Level 9: This is where all my taxes go? To build the IRS a nicer building? I wanted it to go to increased military spending!

IRS Level Upgrade

Level Cost Total 1 FREE 0 2 50,000 50,000 3 150,000 200,000 4 500,000 700,000 5 1,000,000 1,700,000 6 2,000,000 3,700,000 7 3,000,000 6,700,000 8 5,000,000 11,700,000 9 7,000,000 18,700,000

Job Manager Gameplay

Between Jobs Pt. 1

After completing Weekend Dad Pt. 16 and tapping on Kirk's exclamation mark: ID and social security number please. I've actually got both, now that the criminal who stole my identity gave them back. Oh! Mr. Van Houten. You can just skip the line thanks to your frequent visitor status. That's ok. When you've got nothing but time on your hands, waiting in line is like a vacation with purpose. That's the saddest thing I've ever heard and I work at the unemployment office. And moonlight at the suicide hotline. You do? Tell Gary I said hello! And I'll be speaking with him soon! So do you want a job? I've got chicken sexer, roadkill cleaner, virtual gold farmer- Right now I was kind of just hoping for a hug. If he isn't taking it, I'll take that virtual gold farmer job. Maybe then ol' Gil's virtual wife will stay faithful. I'll take the roadkill cleaning job. After working at Krusty Burger, it'll be nice to see where our meat comes from. Wow, I didn't realize that I wasn't the only unemployed loser out there. Why is all of Springfield looking for a job? Some people are just too lazy to tap a few buttons. Not me -- I trained a monkey to push buttons for me! He's my boss now. System Message Tap the Office of Unemployment to access the shiny new Job Manager. Use the Send All button to send all the available characters on jobs! Task: Send All Characters on 60m Jobs (1h)

Between Jobs Pt. 2

After tapping on Kirk's exclamation mark: I'm used to paying for a lot of things: hair plugs, girdles for men, my child's love. But did I just pay to go on a job? Oh you actually noticed... Sending someone on a job means a lot of paperwork, which we pay people to do, but then there's paperwork for hiring them, and you see how this goes. So we deduct a portion of your income to pay for our administrative fees. It doesn't cost you anything...except for money. Task: Send All Characters on 4h Jobs (4h)

Other changes made

July 22 Update ("4_15_SpringfieldHeightsTopUpGrindCurrency","4_14_IRSBuilding")

• (4_14_IRSBuilding)
• (4_15_SpringfieldHeightsHomerball)

• The IRS and IRS Drone were added but unreleased.
• Other changes: The Simpsons: Tapped Out Springfield Heights content update#July 22 Update ("4_15_SpringfieldHeightsTopUpGrindCurrency","4_14_IRSBuilding")

August 11 update 1 (4.16.3;"4_16_Monorail","4_14_JobManager")

• (4.16.3)
• ("4_16_Monorail")
• ("4_14_JobManager")

• The unreleased IRS Drone is now storable.
• The unreleased IRS's functionality to collect payouts now includes the Pays Taxes buildings group.
• Other changes: The Simpsons: Tapped Out Monorail content update#August 11 update 1 (4.16.3;"4_16_Monorail","4_14_JobManager")

September 3 update ("4_16_OldJewishMan")

• 4.16.7 (Android, Kindle) / 4.16.8 (iOs)
• "4_16_Monorail_Takedown"
• "4_16_IRS"

• Questlines for the IRS and the Jobs Manager have been changed and text has been added.
• Names for the IRS skins have been added: IRS (Level 1) and Fancy IRS (Level 9).
• Other changes: The Simpsons: Tapped Out Level 57 content update#September 3 update ("4_16_OldJewishMan")

September 15 Update (4.16.7 / 4.16.8,"4_16_Monorail_Takedown","4_16_IRS")

• 4.16.7 (Android, Kindle) / 4.16.8 (iOs)
• "4_16_Monorail_Takedown"
• "4_16_IRS"

• IRS's cost per level up was changed.
• IRS's Conform-O-Meter rating was changed from Obedience to Indolence.
• IRS had its grid type added: beach, grass, pavement, boardwalk, boardwalk edge.
• IRS's sound was added.
• IRS Drone was added to the Animals and Pets character collection.
• IRS's max level was changed from 15 to 9.
• A level 1 IRS task book icon was added.
• A new icon was set up to hide/show income icons over buildings.
• A second part to Job Manager's quest, Between Jobs, was added.
• A glitch caused by IRS being active but not available causes the game to randomly autocollect from buildings but not giving any payout.
• Other changes: The Simpsons: Tapped Out Level 58 content update#September 15 Update (4.16.7 / 4.16.8,"4_16_Monorail_Takedown","4_16_IRS")

September 23 Update ("4_16_EveryMansDream")

• Disappearing income glitch is reported to be fixed.
• New jobs were added to prepare the game for Job Manager:

Character Job Time Location Smithers Tidy Up in the Closet 1h Burns Manor Mutant Rabbit Buy Food Springfield Pet Shop Drederick Tatum Line Up Endorsement Deals Springfield Coliseum Shauna Cyber Bully Other Teens Java Server King Winter Clean Blood from His Beard King Winter's Cave Louie and Legs Interrogate A Rat Businnessman's Social Club Maude Wander the Halls Flanders House Chester Dupree Take a Nap Unfinished Shed Barbarian Sharpen Sword Brown House Jub-Jub Eat Insects Visible Stampy Spray Water with His Trunk KBBL Radio Grampa Flirt with the Pharmacist 2h Oedipus Rx Old Jewish Man Dance the Drugs Away Visible at Oedipus Rx The Rich Texan Holster a Big Gun 4h Springfield Downs Ralph Swallow Coins Wiggum House Shauna Try On Tube Tops Pink House Mindy Bake a Turkey Pink House Number 1 Review Stonecutter Rules Stonecutter Lodge Mr. Teeny Balance Krusty Burger Books Krusty Burger Bernice Hibbert Accessorize Accessories Vulgari The Grumple Practice Speech Therapy Calmwood Todd and Rod Memorize Scripture Flanders House Jub-Jub Enjoy a Heat Lamp Springfield Pet Shop Stampy Eat a Ton of Food Springfield Pet Shop Mutant Rabbit Take Part in a Nature Exhibit Museum of Natural History Furious D Attend Stag Party Cletus Farm Cookie Kwan Fix House Decor 8h Pink House Database Design Intractive Exhibits Springfield Knowledgeum Rex Banner Lecture Boozers Moe's Tavern Greta Wolfcastle Text Children of Other Stars Wolfcastle's Mansion Mr. Teeny Refine "Monkey Business" Act Springfield Pet Shop Bernice Hibbert Test Her Credit Limit Vulgari Marge Color Her Hair Jake's Unisex Lisa Verify Internet Studies Springfield Library Hugs Bunny Rehearse Children's Stories Springfield Elementary Maude Play in the Ceiling Fan Flanders Home Jub-Jub Molt Spinster City Apartments Stampy Never Forget KBBL Radio Mayan Marge Chant an Ancient Song Simpson Home Respectable Moe Make Fine Conversation Moe's Tavern Mr. Teeny Direct an Exotic Dance 12h Florence of Arabia Krusty Search for New Fans It Blows Dewey Largo Dream of Proper Funding Springfield Elementary Suzanne The Witch Brew a Potion Gingerbread House Barbarian Ponder What is Best in Life Brown House Plopper Accept Great Power Responsibility Simpson House Grampa Look for Missing Dentures Retirement Castle Mutant Rabbit Munch on Mutated Veggies 24h Cletus's Farm Helen Lovejoy Be Judgemental On The Internet Java Server Mr. Teeny Buy Nicotine Patches Kwik-E-Mart Jub-Jub Sit Motionless Spinster City Apartments Ebenezer Burns Hoard Holiday Bonuses Burns Manor

• Other changes: The Simpsons: Tapped Out "Every Man's Dream" episode tie-in content update#September 23 Update ("4_16_EveryMansDream")

September 24 Update 1 (1.30pm GMT Server Update)

• The unreleased Job Manager was activated.

September 24 Update 2 (6.00pm GMT Server Update)

• The unreleased IRS was activated.

September 30 Update ("4_16_Oktoberfest")

• The unreleased IRS Drone has been released.

• Other changes: The Simpsons: Tapped Out Oktoberfest content update#September 30 Update ("4_16_Oktoberfest")

October 6 Update (4.17.0 / 4.17.1;"v4_17_THOH2015","4_17_NewUserPowerUpsTHOH2015")

• 4.17.1 (Android, Kindle) / 4.17.0 (iOs)
• "v4_17_THOH2015"
• "4_17_NewUserPowerUpsTHOH2015"

October 8 Update (12.30am GMT Server Update)

• The Job Manager was completely disabled so they can fix the glitches.

October 21 Update (4.17.2)

• The Job Manager was re-enabled.

October 28 Update ("4_17_HalloweenPromo")

• IRS Drone now requires House Always Wins Pt. 1 to be started instead of IRS.
• IRS Drone was added to the Premium store category.
• Other changes: The Simpsons: Tapped Out Halloween Promo content update#October 28 Update ("4_17_HalloweenPromo")

November 17 Update (4.17.5,"v4_17_THOH2015_Takedown")

• Job Manager was fixed on Android and Kindle.
• Other changes: The Simpsons: Tapped Out Treehouse of Horror 2015 content update#November 17 Update (4.17.5,"v4_17_THOH2015_Takedown")

Sources

• Overview at Tapped Out - Update Information

The Simpsons: Tapped Out content updates

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