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Bill: Amendment to the Income Tax Act (2471)
Details
Submitted by[?]: Beluzian Workers Party
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: March 2472
Description[?]:
| Due to the impending failure of the Retail Sales Tax Act (2470), the Government proposes the following changes to the Income Tax Act. This will amount to an abolition of the income tax for all Beluzian citizens, and help bring a balanced budget once again. |
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 |
| > 100,000 BEL | 17% | 0 BEL | Total | 0 BEL |
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:00:07, October 17, 2007 CET | From | Beluzian Workers Party | To | Debating the Amendment to the Income Tax Act (2471) |
| Message | This defeat will mean 80 billion BEZ will be collected each year for no reason - what a waste. |
| Date | 03:36:35, October 21, 2007 CET | From | People's Populist Party - Zogist Mafia | To | Debating the Amendment to the Income Tax Act (2471) |
| Message | I would have supported |
| Date | 16:45:34, October 22, 2007 CET | From | Beluzian Workers Party | To | Debating the Amendment to the Income Tax Act (2471) |
| Message | Perhaps it should be reintroduced. |
| Date | 00:04:14, October 28, 2007 CET | From | People's Populist Party - Zogist Mafia | To | Debating the Amendment to the Income Tax Act (2471) |
| Message | Please do, I'll support it. There should be no income tax, but if there is it should be flat, and only for the decadent. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 210 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 237 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 303 |
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| Random quote: "Popular suffrage is in itself no guarantee of freedom. People can vote themselves into slavery." - Frank Chodorov |