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Bill: Luxury Tax
Details
Submitted by[?]: Liberālā Savienība
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: March 3953
Description[?]:
| In order to improve public services, we need to raise more taxes, and we believe the best way to do that would be through increasing the tax on luxury goods. Georgs Lieljuks Minister of Finance |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on luxury goods.
Old value:: 10
Current: 5
Proposed: 20
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 11:16:48, December 13, 2015 CET | From | Progresīvs Partija | To | Debating the Luxury Tax |
| Message | Mr Speaker We are already running a large surplus, these increases in tax are not needed! |
| Date | 16:51:07, December 13, 2015 CET | From | Liberālā Savienība | To | Debating the Luxury Tax |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, We plan to propose a new budget increasing spending if/when we pass a Luxury Tax increase. Could the PP compromise and support an increase in Luxury Tax to 15%? Georgs Lieljuks Minister of Finance |
| Date | 23:50:47, December 14, 2015 CET | From | Nacionālā Fronte | To | Debating the Luxury Tax |
| Message | Mr Speaker, For once the Liberals have proposed something sensible, we can fully support this. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes |
Total Seats: 422 | ||
| no |
Total Seats: 228 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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