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Bill: religious taxation policy
Details
Submitted by[?]: Coalition of the Left and Progress
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: February 2503
Description[?]:
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Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change
Taxation of religious institutions.
Old value:: No religions are taxed.
Current: Religions are treated as companies, and all profit is taxed, however, charitable donations are not taxed.
Proposed: Religions are treated as companies, and all profit is taxed, however, charitable donations are not taxed.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 21:04:54, December 17, 2007 CET | From | Zoroastrian People's Party | To | Debating the religious taxation policy |
| Message | Our religious institutions provide important services to all citizens of Aldegar. Especially the poor. Taxing our religious institutions is tantamount to taxing the needy. There is no reason to hamper the fine work of the many religious excellent institutions across our nation. |
| Date | 22:48:33, December 17, 2007 CET | From | Coalition of the Left and Progress | To | Debating the religious taxation policy |
| Message | charitable donations are not taxed |
| Date | 23:13:53, December 17, 2007 CET | From | Zoroastrian People's Party | To | Debating the religious taxation policy |
| Message | A matter of semantics. The person giving the money may not being paying taxes on it but the religious institutions which are at it's heart charitable are being taxed by the money that is donated to them and which they make through various other means. The net result is those religious institutions are less able to conduct the charity which is at the heart of their religious mission. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 344 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 406 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Zardugal is a nation based on the old Byzantine Empire, with a modern twist and the Esperanto language. Zardugal is located on the continent of Majatra. |
| Random quote: "If man asks for many laws, it is only because he is sure that his neighbor needs them; privately he is an unphilosophical anarchist, and thinks laws in his own case superfluous." - Will Durant |