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Bill: Income tax proposal of June 4082
Details
Submitted by[?]: Republican Party
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: February 4083
Description[?]:
| The Republican Party propose to adjust the government's income tax policy to better address the economic situation of the Democratic Republic of Solentia. The flat tax plan has arrived to contrast with the tax heavy Solentia National Party |
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 |
| > 1 SOL | 10% | 298,012,000,000 SOL |
| > 500,000 SOL | 20% | 0 SOL | Total | 298,012,000,000 SOL |
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:48:55, August 30, 2016 CET | From | Party of the Democratic Revolution | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of June 4082 |
| Message | We give tax cuts for the poor and tax rises for the rich. It isn't tax heavy. Making a poor person pay the same as a greedy fat cat billionaire is unfair. How do you propose to find everything? Welfare? Health? Education? |
| Date | 18:50:29, August 30, 2016 CET | From | Party of the Democratic Revolution | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of June 4082 |
| Message | Making a teacher pay as much tax as a businessman is unfair in the eyes of the teacher. |
| Date | 19:07:28, August 30, 2016 CET | From | Republican Party | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of June 4082 |
| Message | They would pay less but the same percentage. 10% of $50,000 is less than 10% of $1million |
| Date | 19:14:42, August 30, 2016 CET | From | Party of the Democratic Revolution | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of June 4082 |
| Message | This does not specify and is still too big of a cut |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 210 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 298 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 242 |
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