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Bill: Tax-Free Faith
Details
Submitted by[?]: Progressive Liberals
Status[?]: passed
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: May 2440
Description[?]:
| One thing the Government should not tax is faith. |
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: Recognized religions are not taxed.
Proposed: Recognized religions are not taxed.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 20:58:09, August 05, 2007 CET | From |  National Party | To | Debating the Tax-Free Faith |
| Message | The National Party does not believe that religions-essentially private money-making organizations- should operate wholly without taxation. Already, charitable donations are untaxed, and rightly so. But this type of legislation encourages cynical businessmen and shysters like L. Ron Hubbard and Pat Robertson to establish pseudo-faiths and religious groups in order to earn money, tax-free. |
| Date | 21:04:24, August 05, 2007 CET | From | Progressive Liberals | To | Debating the Tax-Free Faith |
| Message | Wrong. Only "recognized" religions will be tax-free. The state is hardly going to give religions set up to profit religious status. Regards. |
| Date | 08:53:28, August 06, 2007 CET | From | National Party | To | Debating the Tax-Free Faith |
| Message | The National Party appreciates the insulting brevity of your reply (as it cuts down on the number of your words we have to actually read). |
| Date | 10:22:44, August 06, 2007 CET | From | Liberty Party | To | Debating the Tax-Free Faith |
| Message | We agree with the statement from the Progressive Liberal Party....however rude..... |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 315 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 86 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
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