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Bill: Income tax proposal of June 2662
Details
Submitted by[?]: Selucian Party of Social Democrats
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 2663
Description[?]:
| The Democratic Majority propose to adjust the government\\\\\\\'s income tax policy to better address the economic situation of the Republic of Selucia. We need a more progressive tax system. This system will mostly benefit the middle class (7000-18000 SEN). |
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 |
| > 3,000 SEN | 4% | 6,212,000,000 SEN |
| > 6,000 SEN | 12% | 11,473,000,000 SEN |
| > 9,000 SEN | 15% | 9,191,000,000 SEN |
| > 12,000 SEN | 16% | 5,840,000,000 SEN |
| > 15,000 SEN | 21% | 5,770,000,000 SEN |
| > 18,000 SEN | 25% | 5,212,000,000 SEN |
| > 21,000 SEN | 33% | 5,055,000,000 SEN |
| > 24,000 SEN | 39% | 4,871,000,000 SEN |
| > 27,000 SEN | 43% | 2,173,000,000 SEN |
| > 30,000 SEN | 47% | 2,372,000,000 SEN |
| > 33,000 SEN | 50% | 2,350,000,000 SEN |
| > 36,000 SEN | 53% | 564,000,000 SEN | Total | 61,083,000,000 SEN |
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 06:36:12, November 08, 2008 CET | From | Selucian Party of Social Democrats | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of June 2662 |
| Message | We need a more progressive tax system. This system will mostly benefit the middle class (7000-18000 SEN). I will put this to vote after the election. |
| Date | 06:53:10, November 08, 2008 CET | From | Free Radical Party | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of June 2662 |
| Message | We do not support article one. But we support article two. |
| Date | 16:05:13, November 08, 2008 CET | From | Selucian Home and Hearth | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of June 2662 |
| Message | We support article one but not article two. |
| Date | 16:47:53, November 08, 2008 CET | From | Selucian Party of Social Democrats | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of June 2662 |
| Message | I removed article 1, and we will make a new bill. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 237 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 162 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 101 |
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