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Bill: Luxury Tax Increase and Essential Goods Tax Decrease
Details
Submitted by[?]: Liberal Progressive Alliance
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 3957
Description[?]:
| M. Speaker, People who can afford luxury items can afford to pay more tax. In return, I think it would be sensible to decrease the essential goods tax significantly. John Cook Minister of Finance |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on essential goods such as food and non-luxury clothing.
Old value:: 14
Current: 5
Proposed: 5
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on luxury goods.
Old value:: 35
Current: 25
Proposed: 50
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:54:53, December 22, 2015 CET | From | Court of Shades | To | Debating the Luxury Tax Increase and Essential Goods Tax Decrease |
| Message | Mr Speaker, Once again, the tax-happy LPA show their face.... This is ridiculous. Already citizens pay too much tax, and you want them to pay even more??? There is only one word for this proposal: Bullshit. Jane Black CoS Acting Leader |
| Date | 06:10:10, December 22, 2015 CET | From | Lodamese Social Democratic Party (LSDP) | To | Debating the Luxury Tax Increase and Essential Goods Tax Decrease |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, I would ask that the CoS Acting Leader withdraw her completely unparliamentary language. Ilyana Petrova LSDP Leader |
| Date | 07:12:04, December 22, 2015 CET | From | Grand Nationalist Fraction | To | Debating the Luxury Tax Increase and Essential Goods Tax Decrease |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, maybe we should consider lowering taxes on essential goods at the same time. Lort Karav NWL chairman |
| Date | 07:28:36, December 22, 2015 CET | From | Liberal Progressive Alliance | To | Debating the Luxury Tax Increase and Essential Goods Tax Decrease |
| Message | M. Speaker, In response to Mr. Karav, I think that would be a very good idea. John Cook Minister of Finance |
| Date | 08:56:42, December 23, 2015 CET | From | Traditional Alliance | To | Debating the Luxury Tax Increase and Essential Goods Tax Decrease |
| Message | Mr Speaker, We are in favour of tax decreases. While we welcome the decrease in basic taxes we cannot support the LPA's "super tax" on luxury goods at this time. Andrew d'Arcy TA Leader |
| Date | 08:57:28, December 23, 2015 CET | From | Traditional Alliance | To | Debating the Luxury Tax Increase and Essential Goods Tax Decrease |
| Message | Mr Speaker, We will need to vote against this bill, but perhaps the LPA could bring this to the floor as two separate motions so that we can support the basic tax reduction? Andrew d'Arcy TA Leader |
| Date | 23:05:46, December 23, 2015 CET | From | Pro Lodamunese Unitarian Party | To | Debating the Luxury Tax Increase and Essential Goods Tax Decrease |
| Message | I can agree with this proposal Stephen Lodamun President of Lodamun |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 467 | ||||||
| no | Total Seats: 132 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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