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Bill: Amended Charity Reform Act [Negotiation]
Details
Submitted by[?]: Radical Freedom 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 2170
Description[?]:
| The Federated Parliament, recalling the Charity Reform Act ( http://80.237.164.51/particracy/main/viewbill.php?billid=41984 ) Amends the bill to reiterate that relgious charities would still be able to recieve donations with a tax cut; And adopts the act in full; |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change
Taxation of religious institutions.
Old value:: Religions are treated as companies, and all profit is taxed, however, charitable donations are not taxed.
Current: All religious income, despite the use, is taxed.
Proposed: All religious income, despite the use, is taxed.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 17:15:20, January 07, 2006 CET | From | Radical Freedom Party | To | Debating the Amended Charity Reform Act [Negotiation] |
| Message | Are there *any* conditions under which the parties which opposed the C.R.A. will support an amended version? We have little hope that the Conservatives, Nationalists or Cultists will change their minds (though we would like to hear it, and are all for making a deal...) but we are especially hopeful that the Rutania Social Democrat Party can be negotiated with... |
| Date | 21:48:40, January 07, 2006 CET | From |  RSDP - Democratic Front | To | Debating the Amended Charity Reform Act [Negotiation] |
| Message | The only acceptable solution to us is that religious organisations are treated in the same manner as non-religious organisation. Charitable donations to non-religious organisations (no matter what kind of organisation it is) are not taxed, so neither should charitable donations to religious organisations. |
| Date | 23:23:24, January 07, 2006 CET | From | Radical Freedom Party | To | Debating the Amended Charity Reform Act [Negotiation] |
| Message | would a clause reaffirming that religious charities will be treated in the same way as secular charities do the trick? |
| Date | 04:07:10, January 08, 2006 CET | From | Nationalist Party | To | Debating the Amended Charity Reform Act [Negotiation] |
| Message | We have very little opinion on this matter. we see no reason why the laws should change |
| Date | 17:10:06, January 10, 2006 CET | From | RSDP - Democratic Front | To | Debating the Amended Charity Reform Act [Negotiation] |
| Message | So, you'd change the option while keeping the current option? :-S |
| Date | 20:33:36, January 10, 2006 CET | From | Radical Freedom Party | To | Debating the Amended Charity Reform Act [Negotiation] |
| Message | OOC: No... the hardcoded option remains the same, but I'd make it explicit that tax breaks exist for religious *charities* but not for churches themselves. |
| Date | 21:27:58, January 11, 2006 CET | From | RSDP - Democratic Front | To | Debating the Amended Charity Reform Act [Negotiation] |
| Message | Ah, good enough. We accept your proposal. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 330 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 177 | ||||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 92 |
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