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Bill: Taxation of Religious Institutions
Details
Submitted by[?]: Order and Progress 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: January 3413
Description[?]:
| A bill to create a tax on religious institutions |
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 | 23:47:27, December 17, 2012 CET | From | Order and Progress Party | To | Debating the Taxation of Religious Institutions |
| Message | Taxation of religious institutions can give an extra income to the state, without the same harm to economic activities that sales or corporate taxes usually cause. It'll help to sustain public finances and avoid deficits. - Alexandra Asakura, economist and OPP member. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes |
Total Seats: 74 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 51 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Treaties will be eligible for deletion if they are more than 50 in-game years old and have no currently ratified members. |
| Random quote: "It is said, 'Pontesi is Jelbic in nature'. But I tell you, they are really a lost tribe of Selucians, forced to become barbarians by their savage Jelbic conquerors." - Alamar Xarfaxis, former Pontesian politician |