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Bill: Sales Tax Equity Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: United Republics Party
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: November 2401
Description[?]:
| Shifts sales tax burden from necessities to luxury goods. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on essential goods such as food and non-luxury clothing.
Old value:: 2
Current: 5
Proposed: 0
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on luxury goods.
Old value:: 10
Current: 25
Proposed: 14
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:03:38, May 08, 2007 CET | From | Independent Republican Party | To | Debating the Sales Tax Equity Act |
| Message | We think that 14% is too high a tax on luxury goods. We would rather see it at 7% or 8%. However, we support eliminating the food and neccessities tax. |
| Date | 08:56:14, May 09, 2007 CET | From | United Republics Party | To | Debating the Sales Tax Equity Act |
| Message | an increase of 4% on luxury goods comes closest to offsetting a cut on necessities. cutting both taxes would result in a funding shortfall and would be better addressed in a comprehensive budget |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 325 |
| Random fact: In cases where a party has no seat, the default presumption should be that the party is able to contribute to debates in the legislature due to one of its members winning a seat at a by-election. However, players may collectively improvise arrangements of their own to provide a satisfying explanation for how parties with no seats in the legislature can speak and vote there. |
| Random quote: "A son can bear with equanimity the loss of his father, but the loss of his inheritance may drive him to despair." - Niccolo Machiavelli |