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Bill: Income tax proposal of January 4177
Details
Submitted by[?]: Whig Party
Status[?]: passed
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: September 4177
Description[?]:
| The Whig Party propose to adjust the government's income tax policy to better address the economic situation of the Commonwealth of Rutania. |
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 |
| > 1,200 RUT | 2% | 2,860,000,000 RUT |
| > 4,000 RUT | 3% | 2,061,000,000 RUT |
| > 6,800 RUT | 5% | 1,400,000,000 RUT |
| > 9,600 RUT | 7% | 1,201,000,000 RUT |
| > 15,000 RUT | 7% | 200,000,000 RUT | Total | 7,722,000,000 RUT |
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 01:27:37, March 08, 2017 CET | From | Civic Republican League of Rutania | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of January 4177 |
| Message | We imagined that the Whigs would at least try to compromise before reintroducing their failed legislation. |
| Date | 01:34:49, March 08, 2017 CET | From | Whig Party | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of January 4177 |
| Message | The AFF was unable to vote on the last proposal, we believe with their support this should pass. If it does not we shall try to reach a bipartisan consensus. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 226 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 76 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 98 |
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