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Bill: Income tax proposal of October 2442
Details
Submitted by[?]: Saiken Renmei
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This bill proposes to change income taxes. It requires more than half of the legislature to vote yes. This bill will pass as soon as the required yes votes are in, or will be defeated if unsufficient votes are reached on the deadline.
Voting deadline: August 2446
Description[?]:
| The Civic Freedom Party propose to adjust the government's income tax policy to better address the economic situation of the Federated Cities of Pan-Sekowo. |
Proposals
Article 1
We propose to alter income tax brackets to the following setup. Information about the current income tax system can be found here.
| Bracket | Tax | Estimated Revenue |
| > 1,000 SEK | 11% | 2,509,000,000 SEK |
| > 2,000 SEK | 11% | 7,528,000,000 SEK |
| > 5,000 SEK | 11% | 12,547,000,000 SEK |
| > 10,000 SEK | 13% | 20,435,000,000 SEK |
| > 20,000 SEK | 14% | 13,850,000,000 SEK |
| > 30,000 SEK | 15% | 21,776,000,000 SEK | Total | 78,645,000,000 SEK |
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 15:59:33, August 16, 2007 CET | From |  Sekowan Communist Party | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of October 2442 |
| Message | We hope that should this bill be passed there shall be a commensurate drop in government spending. |
| Date | 16:03:12, August 16, 2007 CET | From | 帝国公明党 (Teikoku Kōmeitō) | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of October 2442 |
| Message | The DSP does not support this. |
| Date | 22:05:36, August 16, 2007 CET | From |  Chattes en Chaleur | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of October 2442 |
| Message | While the CeC has been championing a lower income tax burden for our citizens, we feel this is too low and will lead to too many cuts in vital services and government programs. |
| Date | 20:56:35, August 17, 2007 CET | From | Saiken Renmei | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of October 2442 |
| Message | any other suggestions, then? |
| Date | 21:19:57, August 17, 2007 CET | From | 帝国公明党 (Teikoku Kōmeitō) | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of October 2442 |
| Message | The DSP does'nt believe that there is a reason to change the current system. |
| Date | 21:37:53, August 17, 2007 CET | From | Saiken Renmei | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of October 2442 |
| Message | the current system is very counter-productive and affects the economic freedom of our citizens. we would need something less restrictive to a free market. |
| Date | 22:01:33, August 17, 2007 CET | From | 帝国公明党 (Teikoku Kōmeitō) | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of October 2442 |
| Message | After looking at the income tax as it is again, we do agree it needs some changing, so we would propose the following. 0 - 5,000 -- 0% 5,000 - 20,000 -- 10% 20,000 - 50,000 -- 30% 50,000 - 100,000 --40% 100,000 - 1Million -- 50% 1 Million - 3 Million -- 60% 3Million-10million-- 80% Over 10million -- 90% |
| Date | 01:19:12, August 18, 2007 CET | From | Sekowan Communist Party | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of October 2442 |
| Message | We support the DSP's proposal. Those who make 10 million a year won't miss 9 million of it. |
| Date | 08:39:58, August 18, 2007 CET | From | Chattes en Chaleur | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of October 2442 |
| Message | CeC would support the DSP proposition. |
| Date | 20:44:33, August 22, 2007 CET | From | Saiken Renmei | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of October 2442 |
| Message | Apparently income tax proposals can't be modified, or at least I don't know how. So I'm putting this bill for a vote, and if it doesn't pass, the Ministry of Finance shall work hard to find a better taxation system. Dowos Kemon, Minister of Finance. |
| Date | 21:54:26, August 22, 2007 CET | From | Sekowan Communist Party | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of October 2442 |
| Message | Just make a new one, it's not that hard... |
| Date | 18:59:52, August 23, 2007 CET | From | Saiken Renmei | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of October 2442 |
| Message | Ok, but i was hoping this one could pass. It now seems that it won't, so i'm going to make a new one. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 227 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 277 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 95 |
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