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Bill: Sales Tax Reform 3982
Details
Submitted by[?]: Liberal Socialist Party
Status[?]: defeated
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: July 3983
Description[?]:
| Currently, sales tax on luxury goods are at a staggering 50%! This is utterly unreasonable, people cannot afford this. We propose slicing the tax right in half at 25% for now, to see whether or not this is sustainable. Ideally we would go lower. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on luxury goods.
Old value:: 50
Current: 15
Proposed: 25
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 13:55:21, February 13, 2016 CET | From | Social Democratic | To | Debating the Sales Tax Reform 3982 |
| Message | We will be voting no as the Social Democratic Party will shortly be offering a comprehensive tax bill to the Senate. |
| Date | 14:33:02, February 13, 2016 CET | From | Liberal Socialist Party | To | Debating the Sales Tax Reform 3982 |
| Message | Mr Speaker Can the Prime Minister seriously believe that it is even somewhat justified to have a FIFTY percent tax on luxury goods? It's extortion. Jeremy Perez Leader of the LSP |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 138 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 612 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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