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Bill: DLVP 2.4: Church Tax Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Dorvische Landvolkpartei
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: July 4244
Description[?]:
| Article I: All citizens will be official registered as a member of the "Verbesserung Bekennenden und Reformierte Hosianliche Kirche Dorvik" (Confessional Ameliorate and Reformed Hosian Church of Dorvik) or VBRD, unless they register with a different faith or unregister themselves. Article II: The registered members of the VBRD, the recognized and sole State Religion and Church of Dorvik, shall pay a church tax of no more than 1.5% taxable income. Article III: These funds will collected from EXISTING income tax of the State and deposited to the State Church. If a citizen wishes their 1.5% of income to be deposited in another recognized religion in Dorvish, they may specify on their registration form. Article IV: Those who are not registered to the Church will see their funds deposited in State coffers for state purposes. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Racial and religious registration of nationals.
Old value:: The government does not require nationals to register their race or religion.
Current: All nationals are required to register their race and religion.
Proposed: All nationals are required to register their religion.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 21:30:58, July 18, 2017 CET | From | Grüne Demokratische Partei | To | Debating the DLVP 2.4: Church Tax Act |
| Message | President, The presentation of this increase in taxes is not something we agree with. High taxes are a negative to small businesspeople and small farmers, the people are party is dedicated to standing up for. Christine Weinstock NPU Spokesperson for Food and Agriculture |
| Date | 21:36:59, July 18, 2017 CET | From | Dorvische Landvolkpartei | To | Debating the DLVP 2.4: Church Tax Act |
| Message | President, It is not an increase. Roughly 1.5% is taken from the income taxes already paid. For example, if a family has paid Ɖ1000 in income tax, then their contribution would be 1.5% or Ɖ15. Hanne Valerie Baasch DLVP Councilor |
| Date | 21:42:14, July 18, 2017 CET | From | Grüne Demokratische Partei | To | Debating the DLVP 2.4: Church Tax Act |
| Message | President, I thank Mrs Baasch for her clarification. A very small redistribution of funds is good with us, so long as it is not an addition tax. Christine Weinstock NPU Spokesperson for Food and Agriculture NPU Representative from Miktar |
| Date | 14:32:22, July 19, 2017 CET | From | Sozialdemokratische Arbeitsfront (SDA) | To | Debating the DLVP 2.4: Church Tax Act |
| Message | President, We agree with this proposal and think that the church should also contribute to society via taxes. We encourage party's to vote in favour of this proposal however we are conflicted by article 1. Why did the DVLP at this article to the bill? Arthur Von Wolfhausen, Secretary General of the SDA |
| Date | 20:44:36, July 19, 2017 CET | From | Dorvische Landvolkpartei | To | Debating the DLVP 2.4: Church Tax Act |
| Message | President, The DLVP added this proposal to the bill in order to gather in the information necessary for the Church Tax. How can tax money be given to the State Church or other religious entities when we do not know who the church members are that will be donating this? By implementing this Bill, 1.5% of of the EXISTING taxes paid by families in Dorvik will go to a religious institution of their choosing. It allows the government to collect this data. Dr. Clara Augusta Kirsch Shadow Minster of Education and Culture |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 350 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 249 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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