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Bill: Luxury Tax
Details
Submitted by[?]: Partiya Rizgarî ya Bamenistan
Status[?]: passed
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: August 2152
Description[?]:
| Barmenistan achieved a structural budget surplus of 5 bn BAR (1,2%). The BLP believes this should be given back to the taxpayers. By lowering the luxury tax level the lower income strata will relatively profit most. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on luxury goods.
Old value:: 10
Current: 40
Proposed: 8.5
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 12:15:26, December 06, 2005 CET | From |  Plaid Cydweithol (Ailgodi) | To | Debating the Luxury Tax |
| Message | Hmm. How is this likely to affect the next budget? |
| Date | 13:35:52, December 06, 2005 CET | From | Modern Intellectual Party | To | Debating the Luxury Tax |
| Message | We disagree, we think it should remain at 10 |
| Date | 21:58:36, December 06, 2005 CET | From | Plaid Cydweithol (Ailgodi) | To | Debating the Luxury Tax |
| Message | Luxuries are luxuries, I suppose. |
| Date | 22:46:18, December 06, 2005 CET | From | Left-Labor Party | To | Debating the Luxury Tax |
| Message | Why not a lower income tax? Then, it would not be viewed that you agre giving tax breaks to the RICH. Luxury is bought by people who can afford it. Thus, the poor of the country, the ones who really need the money, are being shafted when it comes to the savings. They wont see a benefit, the rich will. |
| Date | 07:27:44, December 07, 2005 CET | From | Partiya Rizgarî ya Bamenistan | To | Debating the Luxury Tax |
| Message | (LPP). "Why not a lower income tax? Then, it would not be viewed that you agre giving tax breaks to the RICH. Luxury is bought by people who can afford it. Thus, the poor of the country, the ones who really need the money, are being shafted when it comes to the savings. They wont see a benefit, the rich will." We do not understand why you as a labour party do not support this bill. By lowering the tax level luxury products become cheaper and more in reach of your electorate.... (CP). "Hmm. How is this likely to affect the next budget?" We are changing the budgets as well and obtain a larger surplus to finance tax cuts. This peoposal can be financed from the the current surplus. |
| Date | 03:53:07, December 08, 2005 CET | From | Left-Labor Party | To | Debating the Luxury Tax |
| Message | We are the workers, not the owners. Maybe you never caught that. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 202 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 128 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 70 |
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