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Bill: Income tax proposal of August 2450
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: January 2452
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 |
| > 5,000 SEK | 30% | 34,225,000,000 SEK |
| > 10,000 SEK | 30% | 47,170,000,000 SEK |
| > 20,000 SEK | 35% | 34,641,000,000 SEK |
| > 30,000 SEK | 40% | 58,089,000,000 SEK | Total | 174,125,000,000 SEK |
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 03:09:24, September 05, 2007 CET | From | Sekowan Communist Party | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of August 2450 |
| Message | The SCP does not see how removing a large portion of the budget "better address[es]" our economic situation. |
| Date | 03:11:03, September 05, 2007 CET | From |  Chattes en Chaleur | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of August 2450 |
| Message | CeC would urge a no vote on the current proposal. |
| Date | 08:07:46, September 05, 2007 CET | From | 帝国公明党 (Teikoku Kōmeitō) | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of August 2450 |
| Message | People who make 5,000 or less are in poverty, we should not be taxing them 30% of there income. Beyond that your party has failed to address taxation of the rich and ultra rich in all of these income tax proposals. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 92 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 227 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 280 |
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