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Bill: Religious Taxation Act (3342)
Details
Submitted by[?]: al-'Aqrab al-Aswad al-Tahalof
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: December 3342
Description[?]:
| There is no reason to not tax non-charitable income of religious institutions. The money does not help the community and just goes into the pockets of religious leaders. It is extremely unfair that these individuals not face the same flat income tax as everyone else does. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change
Taxation of religious institutions.
Old value:: No religions are taxed.
Current: Recognized religions 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 | 23:36:27, July 30, 2012 CET | From | Ḥizb al-Lībirālī al-Qafuri | To | Debating the Religious Taxation Act (3342) |
| Message | We don't believe people should be taxed for practicing their religion. |
| Date | 23:43:20, July 30, 2012 CET | From | al-'Aqrab al-Aswad al-Tahalof | To | Debating the Religious Taxation Act (3342) |
| Message | People are not taxed for practicing their religion. The non-charitable income of religious institutions are taxed. There is no reason for religious ministers to have tax-free income and for religious groups to freely amass non-charitable funds. The only way this could be considered a "tax on the practice of religion" is if we were proposing taxation of charity as well, since charity is an actual part of various religions. |
| Date | 00:14:05, July 31, 2012 CET | From | Ḥizb al-Lībirālī al-Qafuri | To | Debating the Religious Taxation Act (3342) |
| Message | For example, property tax on churches and temples infringes that religion's freedom to assemble and pray collectively. |
| Date | 01:27:35, July 31, 2012 CET | From | al-'Aqrab al-Aswad al-Tahalof | To | Debating the Religious Taxation Act (3342) |
| Message | First, Kafuristan has no guarantee of some sort of "freedom to assemble and pray collectively." Second, taxing non-charitable income of religious institutions does nothing to infringe religious people from congregating or from praying. Religious institutions are not even a necessity in praying or religious congregation. But that aside, it is foolish to say taxes on the institutions will inhibit them from their ability to practice religion. Their incomes are not even being taxes massively, just look in general at Kafuri tax rates. And also, taxes are a basic thing applied to all peoples and businesses. There is no reason to specially exempt and give preferential tax treatment to religions. Such an act would be extremely unfair. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 84 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 116 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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