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Bill: Jakanian Conservative League Taxes Proposal of 2521
Details
Submitted by[?]: Jakanian Imperial Party
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This bill proposes to change income taxes. It requires more than half of the legislature to vote yes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: May 2523
Description[?]:
| The Jakanian Conservative League propose to adjust the government's income tax policy to better address the economic situation of the United Jakania. Comments, feedback... Just wanting to know your views, probably won't even vote on it. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Tax percentage of the profit made by corporations.
Old value:: 9
Current: 20
Proposed: 10
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on luxury goods.
Old value:: 7
Current: 20
Proposed: 9
Article 3
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 |
| > 15,000 JAK | 1% | 2,894,000,000 JAK |
| > 20,000 JAK | 3% | 15,646,000,000 JAK |
| > 30,000 JAK | 4% | 14,894,000,000 JAK |
| > 40,000 JAK | 5% | 13,776,000,000 JAK |
| > 50,000 JAK | 6% | 12,243,000,000 JAK |
| > 60,000 JAK | 7% | 15,786,000,000 JAK |
| > 75,000 JAK | 8% | 10,368,000,000 JAK |
| > 87,000 JAK | 9% | 10,396,000,000 JAK |
| > 100,000 JAK | 11% | 12,560,000,000 JAK |
| > 125,000 JAK | 13% | 5,948,000,000 JAK |
| > 150,000 JAK | 16% | 1,010,000,000 JAK |
| > 160,000 JAK | 18% | 1,115,000,000 JAK | Total | 116,636,000,000 JAK |
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 16:05:49, January 25, 2008 CET | From |  Secularist Socialist Party | To | Debating the Jakanian Conservative League Taxes Proposal of 2521 |
| Message | The JSP cannont support such a large increase on income tax. |
| Date | 16:07:58, January 25, 2008 CET | From | Secularist Socialist Party | To | Debating the Jakanian Conservative League Taxes Proposal of 2521 |
| Message | we may need a slight increase if the proposed budget is passed through. |
| Date | 18:49:53, January 25, 2008 CET | From | Jakanian Imperial Party | To | Debating the Jakanian Conservative League Taxes Proposal of 2521 |
| Message | The income tax proposal is quite different from the current one. More tax brackets have been added. We are aren't going to change our income tax proposal, we have proposed increases in the corporation and luxury taxes. We might eliminate the essential goods tax. |
| Date | 18:53:27, January 25, 2008 CET | From | Jakanian Imperial Party | To | Debating the Jakanian Conservative League Taxes Proposal of 2521 |
| Message | We are going to propose a smaller essential goods tax, but we'll drop it if a surplus is created and we'll calculate that the elimination of it will still produce a surplus. |
| Date | 18:54:58, January 25, 2008 CET | From | Jakanian Imperial Party | To | Debating the Jakanian Conservative League Taxes Proposal of 2521 |
| Message | We are going to propose a smaller essential goods tax, but we'll drop it if a surplus is created and we'll calculate that the elimination of it will still produce a surplus. |
| Date | 18:55:09, January 25, 2008 CET | From | Jakanian Imperial Party | To | Debating the Jakanian Conservative League Taxes Proposal of 2521 |
| Message | We are going to propose a smaller essential goods tax, but we'll drop it if a surplus is created and we'll calculate that the elimination of it will still produce a surplus. |
| Date | 00:05:25, January 26, 2008 CET | From | United Democrats of Jakania | To | Debating the Jakanian Conservative League Taxes Proposal of 2521 |
| Message | I can support all of this but the essential goods taxation. With that in there, I will not support |
| Date | 03:47:21, January 27, 2008 CET | From | United Democrats of Jakania | To | Debating the Jakanian Conservative League Taxes Proposal of 2521 |
| Message | Are we going to to vote on this? The essential tax is gone, so I will support |
| Date | 04:58:12, January 27, 2008 CET | From | Jakanian Imperial Party | To | Debating the Jakanian Conservative League Taxes Proposal of 2521 |
| Message | I guess so... |
| Date | 15:28:46, January 27, 2008 CET | From | Sahabahs Muslim Socialist Party | To | Debating the Jakanian Conservative League Taxes Proposal of 2521 |
| Message | We support this bill because the JCL under pressure from the UDJ withdrew his goods taxation. Allah Ouakbar ! Brother Ouahib Al Sahih for the social concil of the SMSP. |
| Date | 18:36:45, January 27, 2008 CET | From | Jakanian Imperial Party | To | Debating the Jakanian Conservative League Taxes Proposal of 2521 |
| Message | It was not under pressure of the UDJ that we withdrew the essential goods tax. After some calculations, we decided that without it, a surplus could still be achieved. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 172 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 78 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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