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Bill: Income Tax, January 2503
Details
Submitted by[?]: Council of True Aldurians
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: September 2503
Description[?]:
| The Council of True Aldurians propose to adjust the government's income tax policy to better address the economic situation of the First Aldurian Empire. |
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 |
| > 1 ALD | 5% | 28,789,000,000 ALD |
| > 10,000 ALD | 10% | 50,295,000,000 ALD |
| > 20,000 ALD | 15% | 48,050,000,000 ALD |
| > 30,000 ALD | 20% | 36,839,000,000 ALD |
| > 40,000 ALD | 25% | 26,097,000,000 ALD |
| > 50,000 ALD | 30% | 20,923,000,000 ALD |
| > 60,000 ALD | 35% | 11,462,000,000 ALD |
| > 70,000 ALD | 40% | 1,298,000,000 ALD | Total | 223,753,000,000 ALD |
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 02:29:23, December 19, 2007 CET | From | Liberal Humanist Party | To | Debating the Income Tax, January 2503 |
| Message | The LHP will not support people being taxed if they earn under 15k. |
| Date | 04:18:40, December 19, 2007 CET | From | Parti Imperial du Peuple (IA) | To | Debating the Income Tax, January 2503 |
| Message | The is no need for more money in a government that is already filled with corruption. We need to solidify our Empire and government before we can worry about this. |
| Date | 17:02:38, December 19, 2007 CET | From | Council of True Aldurians | To | Debating the Income Tax, January 2503 |
| Message | To the INAP: Well, this would certainly set up the funding for the empire. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 80 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 420 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 101 |
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