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Bill: Tax Bill: Essential and Luxury Goods
Details
Submitted by[?]: Freedom Party of Aldegar
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: September 3999
Description[?]:
| This bill is decreasing 5 percent from essential goods tax (as they are essential) and to afford that tax cut, increasing the tax on luxury goods by 5 percent. This is so poorer citizens can have lower prices on human needs. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on luxury goods.
Old value:: 30
Current: 50
Proposed: 35
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on essential goods such as food and non-luxury clothing.
Old value:: 25
Current: 0
Proposed: 20
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 20:18:31, March 16, 2016 CET | From | Freedom Party of Aldegar | To | Debating the Tax Bill: Essential and Luxury Goods |
| Message | This bill is decreasing 5 percent from essential goods tax (as they are essential) and to afford that tax cut, increasing the tax on luxury goods by 5 percent. This is so poorer citizens can have lower prices on human needs. |
| Date | 20:21:11, March 16, 2016 CET | From | Freedom Party of Aldegar | To | Debating the Tax Bill: Essential and Luxury Goods |
| Message | Keep in mind luxury goods are not human needs. |
| Date | 21:54:22, March 16, 2016 CET | From | Socialist Libertarian Party of Aldegar | To | Debating the Tax Bill: Essential and Luxury Goods |
| Message | We do agree with this. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 750 | ||||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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