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Bill: Reforme des impôts
Details
Submitted by[?]: Option Citoyenne
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: November 2518
Description[?]:
| A fairer tax system for the Citizens of Rildanor. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Tax percentage of the profit made by corporations.
Old value:: 3
Current: 16
Proposed: 5
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on essential goods such as food and non-luxury clothing.
Old value:: 2
Current: 21
Proposed: 0
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 04:44:31, January 18, 2008 CET | From |  Front Canrillaise | To | Debating the Reforme des impôts |
| Message | This new plan will deprive the government of much-needed funds to help pay for social services that the poor use. |
| Date | 04:57:01, January 18, 2008 CET | From | Option Citoyenne | To | Debating the Reforme des impôts |
| Message | How? Corporate taxes are up enough to offset the loss of taxes on clothes and food for the poor. If the treasury is indeed harmed (which is not proven) we can simply raise income taxes to compensate. |
| Date | 05:01:01, January 18, 2008 CET | From | Front Canrillaise | To | Debating the Reforme des impôts |
| Message | If you check the budget page you will find that we earn far more money from sales taxes than from corporate taxes. |
| Date | 05:06:42, January 18, 2008 CET | From | Option Citoyenne | To | Debating the Reforme des impôts |
| Message | ooc: when was that added? I had no idea there was a national budget page, it looks pretty screwy to me. Oh well. The budget will remain in surplus, if those figures are accurate. A reform to re-introduce progressive taxation and increase the offensively low luxury tax will be introduced soon. |
| Date | 18:11:02, January 18, 2008 CET | From | Parti Radical et Radical-Socialiste | To | Debating the Reforme des impôts |
| Message | The corporate tax is insufficent, if the bill was combined with a slight incrase on the luxuary goods tax then it would work, but as its stands it would force us into deficit. |
| Date | 23:39:36, January 18, 2008 CET | From | Option Citoyenne | To | Debating the Reforme des impôts |
| Message | Current surplus: 9,941,466,781 RCR Revenue from tax on essentials: 9,386,617,265 RCR Therefore, a surplus remains, even if the essentials tax is set to zero. With an increase in corporate tax, bringing in more than a billion RCR in additional revenue, the budget surplus will be more than secure. The PA appears to have its facts incorrect. There is no deficit under this plan. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 96 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 163 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 44 |
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