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Bill: Income tax proposal of October 2757
Details
Submitted by[?]: Free Liberal Party
Status[?]: passed
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: July 2759
Description[?]:
| The Social Democratic Party propose to adjust the government's income tax policy to better address the economic situation of the United Kingdom of Beluzia and Bailon. |
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 |
| > 20,000 BEL | 10% | 10,302,000,000 BEL |
| > 25,000 BEL | 20% | 12,269,000,000 BEL |
| > 30,000 BEL | 30% | 12,399,000,000 BEL |
| > 35,000 BEL | 40% | 9,140,000,000 BEL |
| > 40,000 BEL | 50% | 20,913,000,000 BEL | Total | 65,023,000,000 BEL |
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 03:26:03, May 18, 2009 CET | From | Free Liberal Party | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of October 2757 |
| Message | After careful consideration, the SDP sub-committee on Finance has created a tax proposal that we believe suits the needs of Beluzia and Bailon. This proposal will help aleve the financial burden on lower income individuals and provide more money towards funding of projects like healthcare. - Alvaro Asley Minister Of Finance |
| Date | 03:31:03, May 18, 2009 CET | From | People's Populist Party - Zogist Mafia | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of October 2757 |
| Message | These taxes are too high! |
| Date | 03:50:02, May 18, 2009 CET | From | Free Liberal Party | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of October 2757 |
| Message | In which bracket specifically? These taxes will end up bringing more wealth back to the people. The money they give up in taxes will fund government programs that pay for things they would have had to previously. -Alvaro Asley |
| Date | 17:00:58, May 18, 2009 CET | From | People's Populist Party - Zogist Mafia | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of October 2757 |
| Message | Across the board, we should be at a lower rate of taxation to fuel the economy. It will result in more revenue in the long run anyhow, whereby everybody wins! |
| Date | 04:17:27, May 20, 2009 CET | From | Free Liberal Party | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of October 2757 |
| Message | We would like to see the government our of debt first, so we are going to keep the bracket's in the proposal. We will consider lowering taxes all around in the future. |
| Date | 15:55:07, May 20, 2009 CET | From | People's Populist Party - Zogist Mafia | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of October 2757 |
| Message | Based on your well reasoned argument, we will support! |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 411 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | ||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 339 |
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