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Bill: Religion Taxation Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: The Liberal 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: March 2626
Description[?]:
| This bill will: 1) Treat religions as companies and tax its profits, except charitable donations. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change
Taxation of religious institutions.
Old value:: No religions are taxed.
Current: Religions are treated as companies, and all profit is taxed, however, charitable donations are not taxed.
Proposed: Religions are treated as companies, and all profit is taxed, however, charitable donations are not taxed.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:22:34, August 23, 2008 CET | From | Holy Eliyahu Confession | To | Debating the Religion Taxation Act |
| Message | Religions are not companies. Their profits are used for service throughout Lodamun. If anything we should subsidize them, not tax them. |
| Date | 00:37:13, August 23, 2008 CET | From | The Liberal Party | To | Debating the Religion Taxation Act |
| Message | Profits means the making of gain in business activity for the benefit of the owners of the business. What you just have described is charity, which will not be taxed. If religions are not companies then why are they makng profits? |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 61 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 66 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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| Random quote: "If a nation expects to be ignorant and free in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be." - Thomas Jefferson |