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Bill: Income tax proposal of September 2178
Details
Submitted by[?]: Covenanters (IA)
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: October 2179
Description[?]:
| The Progressive Unionist Party propose to adjust the government's income tax policy to better address the economic situation of the Holy Luthori Empire. |
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 |
| > 750 LPD | 30% | 143,572,000,000 LPD | Total | 143,572,000,000 LPD |
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 14:16:59, January 31, 2006 CET | From | Covenanters (IA) | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of September 2178 |
| Message | This drastically reduces the tax burden on everyone except a few workers in the £750-£1,000 bracket. |
| Date | 14:30:31, January 31, 2006 CET | From | Luthori Green Party | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of September 2178 |
| Message | It also drastically increases our deficit. |
| Date | 14:49:12, January 31, 2006 CET | From | Covenanters (IA) | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of September 2178 |
| Message | No, it simply decreases our surplus. |
| Date | 14:52:52, January 31, 2006 CET | From | Luthori Green Party | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of September 2178 |
| Message | Oh, yes, of course, I'm not used to having a budget surplus. |
| Date | 09:53:15, February 02, 2006 CET | From | Covenanters (IA) | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of September 2178 |
| Message | Oh dear, we have three parties opposed to cutting taxes just before an election. We needed 10 more votes as well! |
| Date | 11:56:58, February 02, 2006 CET | From | Luthori Green Party | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of September 2178 |
| Message | While I normally oppose tax cuts, I would like to remind those parties opposing this tax ammendment, that the people who benefit most from this tax cut are the poor. Those who make 750 pounds/year or less: Used to pay 10%, now pay 0%. Those who make more than 750 pounds/year but less than 1001 pounds/year: Used to pay 10%, now pay 30%. Those who make more than 1000 pounds/year: Used to pay 35%, now pay 30%. |
| Date | 13:23:39, February 02, 2006 CET | From | Covenanters (IA) | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of September 2178 |
| Message | I'd also like us shift more of the tax burden to indirect taxation as this gives an incentive for individual taxpayers to reduce consumption, which has environmental benefits as well as introducing an element of "choice" into taxation (don't buy tobacco products, don't pay the high taxes on them, don't want to pay the high petrol taxes? buy a more efficient car, etc). |
| Date | 13:48:15, February 02, 2006 CET | From | Luthori Green Party | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of September 2178 |
| Message | Yes, |
| Date | 13:51:42, February 02, 2006 CET | From | Covenanters (IA) | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of September 2178 |
| Message | But we still need 10 more votes. Perhaps if the other parties stated their objections we could move forwards, instead of LGP and I preaching to the converted? |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 365 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 282 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 103 |
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