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Bill: Income tax proposal of May 2514
Details
Submitted by[?]: Birleşik Demokrat Parti
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: January 2515
Description[?]:
The United Jakania Democratic Party propose to adjust the government's income tax policy to better address the economic situation of the United Jakania. |
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 |
> 50,000 JAK | 3% | 12,886,000,000 JAK |
> 75,000 JAK | 7% | 17,157,000,000 JAK |
> 100,000 JAK | 9% | 14,373,000,000 JAK |
> 150,000 JAK | 15% | 1,870,000,000 JAK | Total | 46,286,000,000 JAK |
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
Date | 17:57:22, January 10, 2008 CET | From | Jakanian Imperial Party | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of May 2514 |
Message | hmmm... 15% tax... could be running them out of the country. 11-12% I say the 50,000 bracket stay the way it was or a 1% increase 75,000 bracket - 5% is a nice, unless it was the old tax 100,000- 7% |
Date | 18:44:35, January 10, 2008 CET | From | Scientific Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of May 2514 |
Message | This is still a tax increase, which we cannot support. |
Date | 20:12:46, January 10, 2008 CET | From | Birleşik Demokrat Parti | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of May 2514 |
Message | Would you rather we cut funding for Science and Technology? |
Date | 01:28:47, January 11, 2008 CET | From | Scientific Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of May 2514 |
Message | No, I'd rather you stop increasing taxes for no reason. We had a surplus already, there was no need to increase taxes, aside from simply abusing the people. |
Date | 04:01:47, January 11, 2008 CET | From | Jakanian Imperial Party | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of May 2514 |
Message | We do currently have a surplus, it isn't much, but hey, a surplus is a surplus. |
Date | 18:10:57, January 11, 2008 CET | From | Birleşik Demokrat Parti | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of May 2514 |
Message | Im not raising taxes for no reason, im raising taxes so we can better fund areas |
Date | 18:12:54, January 11, 2008 CET | From | Birleşik Demokrat Parti | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of May 2514 |
Message | And besides, we can now get free healthcare... |
Date | 21:46:49, January 11, 2008 CET | From | United Democrats of Jakania | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of May 2514 |
Message | Well, now that we have the surplus, we need to spend it. The finance minister needs to draw up a new spending plan. |
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Voting
Vote | Seats | |||
yes | Total Seats: 130 | |||
no | Total Seats: 87 | |||
abstain | Total Seats: 33 |
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