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Bill: Religious taxation act
Details
Submitted by[?]: PPP -=- Peoples Protective 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: March 2440
Description[?]:
| Taxation of religious institutions. Currently: o No religions are taxed. Proposed o Religions are treated as companies, and all profit is taxed, however, charitable donations are not taxed. For too long religious groups have beggared our nations coffers and citizens pockets in times of need. It is firm time our nation received our share of the profits reaped by those behind closed doors. As an act of generosity and firm acknowledgement of the importance and presence of religion to our people and in their lives, charitable donations shall remain tax free. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change
Taxation of religious institutions.
Old value:: No religions are taxed.
Current: All religious income, despite the use, is taxed.
Proposed: Religions are treated as companies, and all profit is taxed, however, charitable donations are not taxed.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 12:49:21, July 31, 2007 CET | From |  Drtárék Jelbék Prta | To | Debating the Religious taxation act |
| Message | Religious groups have beggered our nation? How so? They do not collect tax, they do not sell products, they receive charitable donations themselves. We do not tax citizens contributions to charities, we should not tax their contributions to religious groups, its not as if they are businesses. |
| Date | 12:56:00, July 31, 2007 CET | From | PPP -=- Peoples Protective Party | To | Debating the Religious taxation act |
| Message | To take an extreme example: Scientology; while they may not have beggared our coffers, they certainly have enjoyed a very lenient tax status while making profits that could make a Fortune 500 blush and as such deserve to be taxed as a company would. |
| Date | 13:14:03, July 31, 2007 CET | From | Drtárék Jelbék Prta | To | Debating the Religious taxation act |
| Message | I doubt they have many followers here. Perhaps we could make a difference between recognised religions, such as Islam or Christianity, and mere cults, such as this Dranish Scientology nonsense, thereby ensuring that genuine religious groups are not affected, but that cults are. |
| Date | 14:54:50, July 31, 2007 CET | From | Bloc Militaire pour Restauration | To | Debating the Religious taxation act |
| Message | we oppose. btw you have to add a proposal to make the bill effective |
| Date | 15:05:08, July 31, 2007 CET | From | PPP -=- Peoples Protective Party | To | Debating the Religious taxation act |
| Message | Noted JKK & LBJ, thanks also for the tip to add the proposal |
| Date | 17:22:35, July 31, 2007 CET | From | Parti Communiste de Jelbania | To | Debating the Religious taxation act |
| Message | We would support. |
| Date | 04:31:01, August 01, 2007 CET | From | Centre Démocratique | To | Debating the Religious taxation act |
| Message | Completely oppose. |
| Date | 01:22:09, August 02, 2007 CET | From | orgonic party | To | Debating the Religious taxation act |
| Message | we support this bill, it's a part of a former act proposed by our party |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 0 | |||||||||
| no | Total Seats: 225 | |||||||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 276 |
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