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Bill: Taxes for Religious institutions
Details
Submitted by[?]: New Socialist Left Party
Status[?]: passed
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 2593
Description[?]:
| Every company, corporation and citizen pay taxes, so all incomes from religious institutions should also pay taxes. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change
Taxation of religious institutions.
Old value:: Recognized religions are not taxed.
Current: Recognized religions are not taxed.
Proposed: All religious income, despite the use, is taxed.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 21:27:33, June 17, 2008 CET | From | Progressive Liberal Party | To | Debating the Taxes for Religious institutions |
| Message | We support pro-secularization bills, and thus we aye this bill, but we'd prefer charitable donations not to be taxed, as it is done with NGOs. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 73 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 31 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 71 |
| Random fact: Any RP law granting extraordinary "emergency powers" or dictator-like powers to a government must be passed by at least a 2/3rds majority, but (like all RP laws) may always be overturned by a simple majority vote of the legislature. |
| Random quote: "The activist is not the man who says the river is dirty. The activist is the man who cleans up the river." - Ross Perot |