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Bill: Income tax proposal of December 2923
Details
Submitted by[?]: Demokrātiskā Strādnieku Partija
Status[?]: defeated
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: August 2924
Description[?]:
| The People's Democratic Party propose to adjust the government's income tax policy to better address the economic situation of the Kingom of Dolgaria. |
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 |
| > 10,000 DLD | 5% | 28,518,000,000 DLD |
| > 20,000 DLD | 10% | 57,036,000,000 DLD |
| > 30,000 DLD | 15% | 85,554,000,000 DLD |
| > 40,000 DLD | 20% | 114,072,000,000 DLD |
| > 50,000 DLD | 25% | 356,476,000,000 DLD |
| > 75,000 DLD | 30% | 427,771,000,000 DLD |
| > 100,000 DLD | 35% | 968,082,000,000 DLD |
| > 150,000 DLD | 45% | 1,785,018,000,000 DLD |
| > 250,000 DLD | 49% | 2,356,945,000,000 DLD | Total | 6,179,472,000,000 DLD |
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:55:23, April 15, 2010 CET | From |  Demokrātiskā Strādnieku Partija | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of December 2923 |
| Message | The Social Feudalist Party has proved, by voting against this bill, that they do not support the working classes and those that need a tax break the most. |
| Date | 16:02:29, April 16, 2010 CET | From | Social Feudalist Party | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of December 2923 |
| Message | During our period in office, we reduced the tax burden on lower paid workers and introduced a flat tax system, with lower payd workers except from taxation altogether. These proposals actually increase the tax buden on the lower paid. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |
| yes | Total Seats: 49 | |
| no | Total Seats: 50 | |
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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