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Bill: Income tax proposal of June 2758
Details
Submitted by[?]: Revolutionary Freedom Party -- KEG SLAM
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: May 2759
Description[?]:
| The Revolutionary Freedom Party -- KEG propose to adjust the government's income tax policy to better address the economic situation of the Free and United Country of Kalistan. |
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 |
| > 65,000 KRB | 6% | 8,110,000,000 KRB |
| > 67,500 KRB | 9% | 11,669,000,000 KRB |
| > 70,000 KRB | 11% | 13,893,000,000 KRB |
| > 72,500 KRB | 12% | 14,827,000,000 KRB |
| > 75,000 KRB | 13% | 31,334,000,000 KRB |
| > 80,000 KRB | 16% | 37,359,000,000 KRB |
| > 85,000 KRB | 17% | 37,972,000,000 KRB |
| > 90,000 KRB | 19% | 83,029,000,000 KRB |
| > 100,000 KRB | 21% | 43,221,000,000 KRB |
| > 105,000 KRB | 22% | 43,924,000,000 KRB |
| > 110,000 KRB | 23% | 81,786,000,000 KRB |
| > 120,000 KRB | 30% | 92,927,000,000 KRB |
| > 130,000 KRB | 36% | 91,314,000,000 KRB |
| > 140,000 KRB | 37% | 154,161,000,000 KRB |
| > 160,000 KRB | 39% | 66,753,000,000 KRB |
| > 170,000 KRB | 41% | 62,966,000,000 KRB |
| > 180,000 KRB | 43% | 105,821,000,000 KRB |
| > 200,000 KRB | 45% | 110,882,000,000 KRB |
| > 225,000 KRB | 46% | 63,751,000,000 KRB |
| > 250,000 KRB | 47% | 88,193,000,000 KRB |
| > 300,000 KRB | 48% | 33,712,000,000 KRB |
| > 375,000 KRB | 50% | 20,996,000,000 KRB | Total | 1,298,600,000,000 KRB |
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 13:18:19, May 19, 2009 CET | From | Socialist Party of Kalistan (SPoK) | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of June 2758 |
| Message | I like the top brackets... |
| Date | 23:11:45, May 19, 2009 CET | From | Libertarian Party of Kalistan (LPoK) | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of June 2758 |
| Message | Although this is a slight reduction in tax revenues, we are agreeable to this plan. Some more money in the peoples' pockets is certainly a better motion here. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 458 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 210 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 82 |
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