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Bill: Taxing Religious Orginizations
Details
Submitted by[?]: National Atheist Party
Status[?]: passed
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: January 2493
Description[?]:
| We proposed this bill before the last election. We would like to draw attention to the subject again and retry to pass this legislation. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change
Taxation of religious institutions.
Old value:: Religions are treated as companies, and all profit is taxed, however, charitable donations are not taxed.
Current: All religious income, despite the use, is taxed.
Proposed: All religious income, despite the use, is taxed.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 08:42:49, November 26, 2007 CET | From | Parti de Garde Royales | To | Debating the Taxing Religious Orginizations |
| Message | The OGP has always voted against this bill and will continue to do so. Sen. Francis Bertram |
| Date | 15:15:25, November 26, 2007 CET | From | Democratic & socialist Party (PDyS) | To | Debating the Taxing Religious Orginizations |
| Message | This proposal have the aprobation of PDyS sen. Iván Benítez |
| Date | 22:35:42, November 26, 2007 CET | From | People's Anarchist Union | To | Debating the Taxing Religious Orginizations |
| Message | The DPP supports this, as always. We feel that the People have given the DPP and the other parties a mandate to make changes, and this is one of them. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 122 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 78 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
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