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Bill: Income tax proposal of March 2452
Details
Submitted by[?]: Dranian Free Anarchist Faction
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: November 2452
Description[?]:
| The Dranian Free Citizens Party propose to adjust the government's income tax policy to better address the economic situation of the Dranian Imperium. |
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 DRA | 1% | 573,000,000 DRA |
| > 1,000 DRA | 5% | 8,604,000,000 DRA |
| > 4,000 DRA | 25% | 86,036,000,000 DRA |
| > 10,000 DRA | 50% | 1,480,093,000,000 DRA | Total | 1,575,306,000,000 DRA |
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:41:36, September 08, 2007 CET | From | Dranian Free Anarchist Faction | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of March 2452 |
| Message | This system drastically reduces taxes on the poor, keeps the national budget almost the same, but keeps taxes on the wealthy at a level which does not unnecessarily punish them. I hope you will all consider voting for it. |
| Date | 01:51:59, September 08, 2007 CET | From | Fascist Zealotry League | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of March 2452 |
| Message | Well, I certainly considered it........ and then voted against it. We are appalled that a 228 Billion DRA tax cut is dismissed by the DFC as "keeping the national budget almost the same". Such a flagrant disregard for money reminds me of the time when that asshole Cartwright darkened the Finance Ministry! Dark days indeed. |
| Date | 05:37:40, September 08, 2007 CET | From | Dranian Free Anarchist Faction | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of March 2452 |
| Message | The budget still maintains a surplus. |
| Date | 13:53:12, September 08, 2007 CET | From | Zemlja i Volja | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of March 2452 |
| Message | Not bad. But I don't like this income-cut. Actually wealthy people (>1000 DRA) have a tax of 50%. With your proposal they will pay 1/10. Reduce taxes on poor people (<100) is good, but upwards of 500 DRA... |
| Date | 17:55:24, September 08, 2007 CET | From | Dranian Free Anarchist Faction | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of March 2452 |
| Message | 1000 DRA isn't that wealthy. (OOC- It's not high at all actually. I did some population/tax revenue analysis, and figured out the average Dranian earns around 2,600 DRA. It took me about two hours of painful math and fiddling with the tax system to figure that out but, give or take a bit, 2,600 is the average Dranian income. So the only people paying over 5% tax are those who are substantially over the average income. Average citizens pay a very small tax. |
| Date | 21:25:08, September 08, 2007 CET | From | Freeminded People's Party | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of March 2452 |
| Message | At least it's a start. (By the way, custom dictates that only the Finance Minister proposes tax & spending bills.) |
| Date | 00:04:03, September 09, 2007 CET | From | Dranian Free Anarchist Faction | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of March 2452 |
| Message | OOC- Really? Weird, because it leaves me the option to do it... :/ |
| Date | 01:01:23, September 09, 2007 CET | From | Fascist Zealotry League | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of March 2452 |
| Message | OOC: Unwritten rule in Dranland. Nobody seems to follow it these days anyway. Gone are the days of order. ;) |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 264 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 198 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 117 |
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