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Bill: Sales Tax
Details
Submitted by[?]: Socialist Party
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: June 3386
Description[?]:
| Setting sales tax at one uniform rate will save administrative costs. Essential items are highly elastic, and a slight increase in price will not likely be passed on to the consumer. The reduction in luxury items is justified because they are usually more inelastic, and often the consumer will be forced to bear the brunt of price increases. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on essential goods such as food and non-luxury clothing.
Old value:: 7
Current: 0
Proposed: 10
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on luxury goods.
Old value:: 13
Current: 27
Proposed: 10
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 19:06:31, October 25, 2012 CET | From | Old Whig Party | To | Debating the Sales Tax |
| Message | Mr Speaker, We support this on the count that it is flatter - and therefore less arbitrary. Yours, Louis Mises MP, Leader of Old Whig Parliamentary Party |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 277 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 114 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Particracy does not allow role-play that seems to belong to the world of fantasy, science fiction and futuristic speculation. |
| Random quote: "I am thankful for the taxes I pay because it means that I'm employed." - Nancie J. Carmody |