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Bill: Fair Tax Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: United Front for Change
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: March 2884
Description[?]:
| To broadly incorporate all income-producing institutions within our national tax scheme; to prevent government decisions about which religions are recognized; to raise income. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change
Taxation of religious institutions.
Old value:: Recognized religions are not taxed.
Current: Religions are treated as companies, and all profit is taxed, however, charitable donations are not taxed.
Proposed: Religions are treated as companies, and all profit is taxed, however, charitable donations are not taxed.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 19:43:37, January 24, 2010 CET | From |  Conservative-Libertarian Party (UM) | To | Debating the Fair Tax Bill |
| Message | Mr Speaker, the majority of religions rely on charitable donations for income in any case. The likelihood of the government raising any extra revenue through this change in law is minute. Indeed the cost in changing the law and policing the law will be much higher than any potential gains. We should be going the other way, rather than this way. |
| Date | 19:50:35, January 24, 2010 CET | From | United Front for Change | To | Debating the Fair Tax Bill |
| Message | The costs to the government will be minimal, considering our tax ministry's current expansive operations. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 107 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 284 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Parties have the ability to endorse another party's candidate for the Head of State election (if there is one). This adds a strategic element to the elections. |
| Random quote: "Hatred is not, and should never be considered as another form of freedom of expression." - Icarion Dadhelus, former Selucian politician |