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Bill: Finance (Luxury Tax) Amendment Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Judicial Union Party
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: April 2483
Description[?]:
| An act to reduce the tax on luxury items. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on luxury goods.
Old value:: 12
Current: 27
Proposed: 5
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:18:13, November 05, 2007 CET | From | Judicial Union Party | To | Debating the Finance (Luxury Tax) Amendment Act |
| Message | The income we get from this is going solely to a surplus; there is now no need to tax such goods highly for revenue. The only reason that there could be is to dissuade consumer consumption, ie reduce the number of luxuries each citizen can buy. That is cruel. |
| Date | 06:21:57, November 07, 2007 CET | From | Rightist Party | To | Debating the Finance (Luxury Tax) Amendment Act |
| Message | Life's a bitch ain't it? |
| Date | 20:22:13, November 07, 2007 CET | From | Rightist Party | To | Debating the Finance (Luxury Tax) Amendment Act |
| Message | The Rightist Party calls the question |
| Date | 17:31:58, November 08, 2007 CET | From | Rightist Party | To | Debating the Finance (Luxury Tax) Amendment Act |
| Message | Failed. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 115 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 384 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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