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Bill: Income tax proposal of October 3948
Details
Submitted by[?]: Liberālā Savienība
Status[?]: defeated
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: June 3949
Description[?]:
| Mr. Speaker, We propose a simplified, 3-tier income tax system which would give a tax break to the poorest, tax the richest more and raise vital, much-needed funds to improve our public services. Mikelis Skriveris Leader of the Liberālā Savienība |
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 |
| > 50,000 DLD | 20% | 569,674,000,000 DLD |
| > 100,000 DLD | 40% | 4,393,770,000,000 DLD |
| > 600,000 DLD | 50% | 272,680,000,000 DLD | Total | 5,236,124,000,000 DLD |
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:13:07, December 06, 2015 CET | From | Reģionālā Koalīcija | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of October 3948 |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, What is the point of the Finance Ministry if an opposition party thinks that it can credibly propose tax reforms? |
| Date | 22:15:33, December 06, 2015 CET | From | Liberālā Savienība | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of October 3948 |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, We have proposed a set of tax reforms, and it is for the legislature to decide how credible they are. We believe they are credible, and we recommend they be accepted. Mikelis Skriveris Leader of the Liberālā Savienība |
| Date | 22:24:54, December 06, 2015 CET | From | Reģionālā Koalīcija | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of October 3948 |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, I ask again but in a more simple way: why does Liberal seek to undermine government ministries which they do not control? Regarding the proposed tax reform, this hits the middle-class enormously. While we think these higher-paid groups should pay a fairer share doubling the income tax for any group is wishful thinking and in this case rather unfair. The actual Finance Minister will set to work on a tax reform plan which will instead focus on reducing tax for the poor and increasing taxes on the super-rich. |
| Date | 22:36:12, December 06, 2015 CET | From | Liberālā Savienība | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of October 3948 |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, We have no intention of undermining the Finance Ministry, or indeed the government generally. In fact, when this government came to power, we went out of our way to offer it our best wishes. What we are doing is proposing the changes we believe are necessary to make our tax system fairer and more effective. Our aim is to raise more taxes for public services, and to do this in a fair way. As elected representatives of the people, we are perfectly entitled to do this. Of course, it is for the KR and other parties to decide what they think of our proposals and whether to support them or not. Mikelis Skriveris Leader of the Liberālā Savienība |
| Date | 22:49:18, December 06, 2015 CET | From | Reģionālā Koalīcija | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of October 3948 |
| Message | OOC: My point is that proposing taxation bills is under the 'cabinet' link under the Minister of Finance heading. Your party doesn't control the Finance Ministry. |
| Date | 23:00:36, December 06, 2015 CET | From | Liberālā Savienība | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of October 3948 |
| Message | OOC: The game mechanics allow any party to propose a taxation bill, and in my experience of playing, it is the general convention that any party is at liberty to propose such a bill. But given the strong preference you have expressed, I would be happy to follow a convention that only the party controlling the Finance Minister should propose a taxation or spending bill. Provided the other players are happy with that, of course. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 154 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 496 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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| Random quote: "You have all the characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner." Aristophanes (450 BC - 388 BC), Knights, 424 B.C. |