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Bill: Taxing Religions
Details
Submitted by[?]: Movimiento Cívico Justicialista
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: October 2431
Description[?]:
| Taxing religions is unfair and means limiting the people rights to exercise their most intimate beliefs. If someone wants to contribuite with their church, they want that money to go to the church and not to the state. Governments have no right to take advantage of the good will of people. Allow them to practice their religion in peace and without interference. Business should be taxed, religions should be not. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change
Taxation of religious institutions.
Old value:: Religions are treated as companies, and all profit is taxed, however, charitable donations are not taxed.
Current: All religious income, despite the use, is taxed.
Proposed: Recognized religions are not taxed.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:19:05, July 19, 2007 CET | From |  FND - Frente Nacional de Davostán | To | Debating the Taxing Religions |
| Message | totally agree. religions are not profit organizations, and through their work solidarity networks keep functioning. we must not cut that off. |
| Date | 18:33:57, July 19, 2007 CET | From | Movimiento Popular Mutualista | To | Debating the Taxing Religions |
| Message | I think the current regulations are fair, they allow religious charity work but prevent profiteering |
| Date | 18:39:52, July 19, 2007 CET | From | Partido social de Responsabilidad | To | Debating the Taxing Religions |
| Message | Certian religions like scientology can be regarded as pure money making schemes. As such they should be taxed as such. Charity is work is already not taxed |
| Date | 18:43:12, July 19, 2007 CET | From | Movimiento Cívico Justicialista | To | Debating the Taxing Religions |
| Message | That is your opinion, but is not what scientologists think about their religion. You MUST respect the people beliefs! Taxing religion in any way is wrong, it is curtailing people most basic rights! |
| Date | 19:32:35, July 19, 2007 CET | From | Movimiento Autonomista | To | Debating the Taxing Religions |
| Message | The current laws tax profit, how does the metaphysical beliefs of the group making the profit affect whther they should be taxed? |
| Date | 20:06:10, July 19, 2007 CET | From | Movimiento Cívico Justicialista | To | Debating the Taxing Religions |
| Message | They have the right to believe in something, and if they want to contribute with the institution, the government shouldnt take advantage of that. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 104 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 121 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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