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Bill: Income tax proposal of October 2719
Details
Submitted by[?]: Rutanian Restoration Party
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: February 2724
Description[?]:
| The Orange Party propose to adjust the government's income tax policy to better address the economic situation of the Commonwealth of Rutania. |
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 |
| > 800 RUT | 5% | 14,161,000,000 RUT | Total | 14,161,000,000 RUT |
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 20:07:55, March 02, 2009 CET | From | Rutanian Restoration Party | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of October 2719 |
| Message | Finance Minister Jackie Winthrop and the Orange Party propose this tax bill as it is more fair to all citizens and still meets the needs of the government. We are open to increases or decreases in the tax, the point is that the tax is more fair. |
| Date | 20:11:05, March 02, 2009 CET | From | Rutanian Elitist Party | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of October 2719 |
| Message | We completely support this bill. |
| Date | 00:21:59, March 03, 2009 CET | From | Rutanian Heritage Party | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of October 2719 |
| Message | We can certainly support this proposal. |
| Date | 09:12:58, March 06, 2009 CET | From | Imperium Party | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of October 2719 |
| Message | Is this to help combat the crisis? |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 291 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 291 |
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