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Bill: Income tax proposal of May 3706
Details
Submitted by[?]: Freedom Party
Status[?]: passed
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: January 3707
Description[?]:
| A 1% tax cut for the lowest earners. |
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 |
| > 15,000 BEL | 6% | 9,736,000,000 BEL |
| > 20,000 BEL | 15% | 24,600,000,000 BEL |
| > 30,000 BEL | 31% | 19,846,000,000 BEL |
| > 40,000 BEL | 50% | 14,966,000,000 BEL |
| > 50,000 BEL | 67% | 7,916,000,000 BEL | Total | 77,064,000,000 BEL |
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 10:47:09, August 04, 2014 CET | From | Communist Coalition of Beluzia | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of May 3706 |
| Message | As long as the taxes on the wealthy are not reduced, it is fine. |
| Date | 10:50:25, August 04, 2014 CET | From | Freedom Party | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of May 3706 |
| Message | It is this government that increased the top rate of tax by 1% in the previous assembly. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 380 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 370 |
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