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Bill: Sales Tax Shift
Details
Submitted by[?]: Federal Capitalist Union (CC-DMF)
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: May 2695
Description[?]:
| We should not tax things that are essential. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on essential goods such as food and non-luxury clothing.
Old value:: 18
Current: 6
Proposed: 0
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on luxury goods.
Old value:: 18
Current: 50
Proposed: 45
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 19:03:03, January 11, 2009 CET | From | Federal Capitalist Union (CC-DMF) | To | Debating the Sales Tax Shift |
| Message | Mr. Speaker; Just in case anyone is wondering the SCSC calculated this to the Kuna. I yield the floor |
| Date | 19:29:46, January 11, 2009 CET | From | Kundrati Reform Party | To | Debating the Sales Tax Shift |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, This will cause people to stop purchasing luxury items, which will end up hurting the economy. We must also realize that none of the parties seemed to have trouble before, when we taxed income (the most essential item). We should treat all purchases the same. We must keep a flat rate so that the tax code stays simple. If we have different percentages, the consumer will have trouble shopping. If they decide to go to the grocery store to buy some food (essential) but would like to pick up some magazines as well (luxury), they will have trouble calculating the costs of their purchases. And then we get into the trouble of what items become luxury and not. Where do we draw the line? Do dessert foods become luxury or essential? What about the pop you have with your meal? Can you imagine the confusion that would be created even when doing something as simple as going out to eat? Mr. Speaker, we simple cannot support an act that will deter good economic behaviour while creating complexity and loopholes in the tax code. I yield the floor. |
| Date | 19:32:58, January 11, 2009 CET | From | Evangelium Vitae Party | To | Debating the Sales Tax Shift |
| Message | Mr. Speaker; Did the SCSC include a factor of decreased spending? There will be a decay with the increase of taxes. |
| Date | 00:20:20, January 12, 2009 CET | From | Left-wing Pinkos | To | Debating the Sales Tax Shift |
| Message | Mr Speaker, The FCP should note that the LWP have always had a problem with taxing essential items. |
| Date | 00:52:05, January 12, 2009 CET | From | Kundrati Reform Party | To | Debating the Sales Tax Shift |
| Message | Mr. Speaker; Does that include income, more valuable than essential goods? |
| Date | 00:58:43, January 12, 2009 CET | From | Left-wing Pinkos | To | Debating the Sales Tax Shift |
| Message | Mr Speaker, Tax free brackets should be esstablished, while higher income earners should be taxed. |
| Date | 03:17:27, January 12, 2009 CET | From | Federal Capitalist Union (CC-DMF) | To | Debating the Sales Tax Shift |
| Message | Mr. Speaker; I believe there to be eonugh slack for the decay. I yield the floor. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 108 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 192 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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