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Bill: Income tax proposal of April 2450
Details
Submitted by[?]: United Labour Party of Telamon
Status[?]: passed
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: November 2451
Description[?]:
| The Telamon Tourism Industry Employees Union propose to adjust the government's income tax policy to better address the economic situation of the Commonwealth of Telamon. |
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 TPD | 10% | 14,138,000,000 TPD |
| > 2,500 TPD | 10% | 11,563,000,000 TPD |
| > 5,000 TPD | 12% | 10,124,000,000 TPD |
| > 10,000 TPD | 14% | 3,079,000,000 TPD |
| > 15,000 TPD | 16% | 1,274,000,000 TPD |
| > 19,800 TPD | 20% | 3,000,000 TPD | Total | 40,181,000,000 TPD |
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 16:31:46, September 04, 2007 CET | From | Conservative Party | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of April 2450 |
| Message | flat tax works perfectly well ... it avoid alot of administrative issues, and remove the mental block in many workers mind in regards to working more and paying more. |
| Date | 12:55:18, September 05, 2007 CET | From | Secular Humanist party | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of April 2450 |
| Message | We agree with the centre party. A flat rate is good, and encourages pursuit of a better career. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 448 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 185 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 117 |
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