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Bill: Tax Reform proposal of October 2724
Details
Submitted by[?]: Berosian 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 not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: June 2725
Description[?]:
| The Berosian Party propose to adjust the government's income tax policy to better address the economic situation of the Second Republic of Aldegar. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Tax percentage of the profit made by corporations.
Old value:: 40
Current: 30
Proposed: 60
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on essential goods such as food and non-luxury clothing.
Old value:: 0
Current: 0
Proposed: 40
Article 3
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 |
| > 100,000,000,000,000,000 ACR | 1% | 0 ACR | Total | 0 ACR |
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 03:57:43, March 13, 2009 CET | From | New Whig Party | To | Debating the Tax Reform proposal of October 2724 |
| Message | There are people that make more money than the entire Government of Aldegar? |
| Date | 03:58:32, March 13, 2009 CET | From | New Whig Party | To | Debating the Tax Reform proposal of October 2724 |
| Message | Whoops, read that wrong. |
| Date | 08:33:05, March 13, 2009 CET | From | People's Party - Republican Democrats | To | Debating the Tax Reform proposal of October 2724 |
| Message | Didn't the Berosians recently plan to reduce corporation tax? And didn't the Berosian Party recently vote for the abolition of the sales tax of essential goods? A tax on essential goods is the most unsocial tax that there is. Anyway, how would this proposal affect the entire revenue? It seems to us that the Berosian Party is following a totally irresponsible taxing strategy for the sake of pressing through their agenda of destroying solidarity in our society. |
| Date | 20:00:24, March 13, 2009 CET | From | Berosian Party | To | Debating the Tax Reform proposal of October 2724 |
| Message | Our party is attempting to reconcile. We are trying to implement a new tax strategy, while still trying to keep a system that can be embraced by all. Would we like to eliminate corporate tax? Absolutely. Would we like to see a drastic reduction on sales tax? Of course. But it is currently fiscally irresponsible to so such a thing, as it would plunge our nation into debt. This bill is(and we feel silly having to repeat this a third time to the PPP/SD) a step towards what will ultimately be a tax haven. This bill is not a final solution. It is a step and a compromise. If the PPP/SD fails to realize this, then maybe they should tilt their noses down a bit and see what's in front of them. |
| Date | 21:12:51, March 13, 2009 CET | From | People's Party - Republican Democrats | To | Debating the Tax Reform proposal of October 2724 |
| Message | Tax havens tend to be havens for the rich. This 'compromise' is just another way of trying to make the poor pay for the tax reductions for the rich, this time through a vastly increased tax on essential goods. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 228 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 219 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 52 |
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