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Bill: National Sales Tax
Details
Submitted by[?]: Free Democratic Party
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This bill proposes to change income taxes. It requires more than half of the legislature to vote yes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: November 3948
Description[?]:
| The Solentian Freedom Party (SFP) propose to adjust the government's income tax policy to better address the economic situation of the Democratic Republic of Solentia. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on luxury goods.
Old value:: 15
Current: 0
Proposed: 25
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on essential goods such as food and non-luxury clothing.
Old value:: 0
Current: 0
Proposed: 5
Article 3
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 |
| > 100,000,000,000,000 SOL | 1% | 0 SOL | Total | 0 SOL |
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:11:14, December 04, 2015 CET | From |  FFG Party | To | Debating the National Sales Tax |
| Message | Could you elaborate? You're proposing changing from an income tax system to a form of indirect taxation system. Are we expected to atleast break even because if that's true we will endorse this new system. Prof. Dr. Julien de Walleghem, Senator |
| Date | 00:03:25, December 05, 2015 CET | From | Free Democratic Party | To | Debating the National Sales Tax |
| Message | There is a slight chance we won't break even, as right now we don't have a sales tax, but we will propose a new spending plan and an increased sales tax if that occurs. The benefit to this tax system is that it makes taxation literally optional, it helps the working class, it forces "illegal" immigrants to pay into the tax system, it forces tourists to pay into the tax system, and it forces people on work visas to pay into the tax system. Anyone who is buying stuff here will be paying taxes, and therefore, their benefits are not unpaid for. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 120 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 161 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 144 |
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