We are working on a brand new version of the game! If you want to stay informed, read our blog and register for our mailing list.
Bill: Corporation & Sales Taxes
Details
Submitted by[?]: Nationalist 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: April 2687
Description[?]:
| - UNDER CONSTRUCTION - |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Tax percentage of the profit made by corporations.
Old value:: 25
Current: 5
Proposed: 10
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on essential goods such as food and non-luxury clothing.
Old value:: 0
Current: 15
Proposed: 6
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on luxury goods.
Old value:: 33
Current: 25
Proposed: 19
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 17:36:59, December 24, 2008 CET | From | Industrialist Party of Aloria | To | Debating the Corporation & Sales Taxes |
| Message | Totally supprt, in fact it could even be lowered more. But for now it is a start. |
| Date | 17:38:57, December 24, 2008 CET | From | Industrialist Party of Aloria | To | Debating the Corporation & Sales Taxes |
| Message | Won't be on a Xmas though(unless it's a Christmas miracle), so don't put it up for debate tommorow. |
| Date | 17:39:06, December 24, 2008 CET | From | Industrialist Party of Aloria | To | Debating the Corporation & Sales Taxes |
| Message | I mean vote |
| Date | 11:46:08, December 25, 2008 CET | From | Genuine Progress Alliance | To | Debating the Corporation & Sales Taxes |
| Message | I'm sorry. I filed my own luxury goods tax proposal. I forgot about this bill. |
| Date | 13:28:41, December 26, 2008 CET | From | Nationalist Party | To | Debating the Corporation & Sales Taxes |
| Message | forget the description (under cunstruction). forgot to delete that... |
| Date | 18:09:04, December 26, 2008 CET | From | Alorian Populist Party (DemCoa) | To | Debating the Corporation & Sales Taxes |
| Message | NO! Cut luxury and corporate taxes to raise taxes on things people need????? |
| Date | 18:52:40, December 26, 2008 CET | From | Genuine Progress Alliance | To | Debating the Corporation & Sales Taxes |
| Message | We would have supported this had it not been for the essential goods tax. We think there is still for an explanation behind this. |
| Date | 22:32:35, December 26, 2008 CET | From | Nationalist Party | To | Debating the Corporation & Sales Taxes |
| Message | Almost every country has those taxes on essential goods. And it is still only 6%, not that much... |
| Date | 02:07:44, December 27, 2008 CET | From | Communist Party of Aloria | To | Debating the Corporation & Sales Taxes |
| Message | Have you looked at the price of even the cheapest groceries? Over the course of a year, it can equal up to a quarter of a poor family's income! |
| Date | 18:20:13, December 27, 2008 CET | From | Genuine Progress Alliance | To | Debating the Corporation & Sales Taxes |
| Message | We change our vote to YES, as a result of the new legislation that will lower essential goods tax to 3 percent. |
subscribe to this discussion - unsubscribe
Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 389 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 233 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Players using inactive accounts and/or accounts from outside nations may only propose bills and/or contribute to discussions, whether IC (in-character) or OOC (out-of-character) with the general consent of the players in the nation. |
| Random quote: "Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion is." - Mahatma Gandhi |