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Bill: CP.0056.2543 No Religions Taxed Bill + RP
Details
Submitted by[?]: Conservative Party
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: June 2544
Description[?]:
| Separation of church and state is the political and legal idea that government and religion should be separate, and not interfere in each other's affairs. Parties favouring secularism should for vote for this bill as the government does not involve itself in religious organizations. From a financial point of view, religions are no longer permitted to deduct sales tax anymore from purchases. Resolution 1 ------------------ Even though religions are not taxed, the organizations must submit an income tax form at 0% for scrutiny by the Ministry of Finance to prevent abuse and exploitation of the law. Organizations that abuse this law will face tax fraud in which the criminal will be taxed the full amount plus interest and criminal charges with up to 5 years for every year found guilty of committing tax fraud. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change
Taxation of religious institutions.
Old value:: Religions are treated as companies, and all profit is taxed, however, charitable donations are not taxed.
Current: All religious income, despite the use, is taxed.
Proposed: No religions are taxed.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 21:39:40, March 09, 2008 CET | From | Revolutionary State Socialist Party | To | Debating the CP.0056.2543 No Religions Taxed Bill + RP |
| Message | Hmmmm. We are on the fence. |
| Date | 00:03:00, March 10, 2008 CET | From | Peasant Party Of Sekowo | To | Debating the CP.0056.2543 No Religions Taxed Bill + RP |
| Message | We disagree this will just create tax havens. Some religionious figures are in the top 1% of the population. |
| Date | 00:53:19, March 10, 2008 CET | From | Normand Pluralist Party | To | Debating the CP.0056.2543 No Religions Taxed Bill + RP |
| Message | Who is to draw the line between religion and corporation? [[Case in point: Scientology]] |
| Date | 03:01:50, March 10, 2008 CET | From | 帝国公明党 (Teikoku Kōmeitō) | To | Debating the CP.0056.2543 No Religions Taxed Bill + RP |
| Message | We as usual will vote against this. |
| Date | 03:44:45, March 10, 2008 CET | From | Revolutionary State Socialist Party | To | Debating the CP.0056.2543 No Religions Taxed Bill + RP |
| Message | OOC: I hope anonymous pwns scientology |
| Date | 19:58:22, March 10, 2008 CET | From | Conservative Party | To | Debating the CP.0056.2543 No Religions Taxed Bill + RP |
| Message | The CP has long advocated a list of recognized religions but there seems to be opposition to that. OOC: NPP, scientology is a corporation ... like the LDS ... hehe ... I'm so evil. |
| Date | 20:13:30, March 10, 2008 CET | From | 帝国公明党 (Teikoku Kōmeitō) | To | Debating the CP.0056.2543 No Religions Taxed Bill + RP |
| Message | OOC: The difference between Scientology and pretty much every religion is that it was openly a fictional entity created to be part of SciFi, yet when Hubbard in his greediness realized he could make money from it (he said it himself that creating a religion was the best way to make money) he decided to declare that it was real. |
| Date | 02:19:37, March 11, 2008 CET | From | Normand Pluralist Party | To | Debating the CP.0056.2543 No Religions Taxed Bill + RP |
| Message | [[But how do you legislate that? That's the problem. Where do you draw the line between a corporation disguised as a religion and a true religion?]] |
| Date | 02:20:32, March 11, 2008 CET | From | Normand Pluralist Party | To | Debating the CP.0056.2543 No Religions Taxed Bill + RP |
| Message | We oppose because the bill lacks any language specifying the difference between a religion and a corporation. If it did, we would likely support. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 151 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 414 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 35 |
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