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Bill: Income tax proposal of September 2595
Details
Submitted by[?]: Her Majesty's Loyal Trade Unionists
Status[?]: defeated
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: May 2596
Description[?]:
| I am disappointed my recent taxation proposal did not find favour with the Diet, but hope this one, with a more modest 25% top tax bracket, will find more favour. Arthur Smith (General Secretary of Her Majesty's Loyal Trade Unionists) |
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 |
| > 4,000 LPD | 25% | 74,159,000,000 LPD | Total | 74,159,000,000 LPD |
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 01:37:07, June 23, 2008 CET | From | Covenanters (IA) | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of September 2595 |
| Message | Mr Speaker, We consider that the tithe of 10% is quite enough for anyone to pay. We would be prepared, however, to consider raising the threshold at which the tithe begins. |
| Date | 05:03:07, June 23, 2008 CET | From | Citizen's League | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of September 2595 |
| Message | The current taxes are appropriate and meet the needs of our government. All these senseless taxes will run the people's well dry! |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 20 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 155 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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