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Bill: Income tax proposal of June 2883
Details
Submitted by[?]: Támnrshla Svatè Jeiriék
Status[?]: passed
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: February 2884
Description[?]:
| Progressive tax my arse. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Tax percentage of the profit made by corporations.
Old value:: 20
Current: 0
Proposed: 0
Article 2
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 |
| > 45,000 JEL | 99% | 237,209,000,000 JEL |
| > 55,000 JEL | 98% | 518,079,000,000 JEL |
| > 85,000 JEL | 97% | 202,559,000,000 JEL |
| > 105,000 JEL | 96% | 134,946,000,000 JEL |
| > 125,000 JEL | 1% | 1,900,000,000 JEL | Total | 1,094,693,000,000 JEL |
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 15:21:16, January 24, 2010 CET | From |  Social Democratic Party | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of June 2883 |
| Message | It would deprive the majority of Jelbanians their money and might leave citizens in poverty. Why does the government have to be so unjust? This is rule by the people; i.e. democracy. This is in our constitution. |
| Date | 15:22:52, January 24, 2010 CET | From | Social Democratic Party | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of June 2883 |
| Message | OOC: This is actually called a regressive tax. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |
| yes | Total Seats: 61 | |
| no | Total Seats: 14 | |
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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