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Bill: Income tax proposal of March 2476
Details
Submitted by[?]: Union of Progressive Ulama
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: March 2477
Description[?]:
| The Union of Progressive Ulama propose to adjust the government's income tax policy to better address the economic situation of the United Majatran Republic of Socialist Al'Badara. |
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 |
| > 13,000 BDR | 5% | 12,879,000,000 BDR |
| > 17,500 BDR | 7% | 30,051,000,000 BDR |
| > 25,000 BDR | 9% | 56,668,000,000 BDR |
| > 36,000 BDR | 13% | 51,369,000,000 BDR |
| > 43,000 BDR | 15% | 63,314,000,000 BDR |
| > 51,000 BDR | 18% | 62,368,000,000 BDR |
| > 58,000 BDR | 19% | 61,703,000,000 BDR |
| > 65,000 BDR | 21% | 62,452,000,000 BDR |
| > 72,000 BDR | 22% | 91,603,000,000 BDR |
| > 84,000 BDR | 25% | 137,631,000,000 BDR |
| > 106,000 BDR | 35% | 321,362,000,000 BDR |
| > 200,000 BDR | 45% | 44,549,000,000 BDR | Total | 995,949,000,000 BDR |
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:58:59, October 26, 2007 CET | From | Union of Progressive Ulama | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of March 2476 |
| Message | Eliminates the lowest tax bracket, reduces taxes for the poor, and raises taxes on the wealthy. Also eliminates the deficit and increases government income to pay for necessary spending increases. |
| Date | 06:20:44, October 26, 2007 CET | From | Al'Badara Republican Party | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of March 2476 |
| Message | The AAP supports this bill. |
| Date | 23:24:20, October 26, 2007 CET | From | Union of Progressive Ulama | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of March 2476 |
| Message | Friends, see how IngSoc shows its true colours, friends of the upper classes, of entrenched wealth and the privileged elites! Such is always the way of fascists. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 159 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 69 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 45 |
| Random fact: It is forbidden to impersonate a player or Moderator. |
| Random quote: "Politics is the system of depriving the proletariat of their power." - Karl Marx |