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Bill: Religious Taxation
Details
Submitted by[?]: Beluzian Defense and Federalist Party
Status[?]: defeated
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: January 2197
Description[?]:
| Religious institutions are not companies, and for taxation purposes they should not be treated as such. We propose that any religion that has over 10,000 members should be “recognized” by the government and should be untaxed. Religious organizations do not use their money for personal profit, but rather use it in the community. Churches run after school activities and run education programs that improve Beluzia as a whole. We should give these organizations a break. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change
Taxation of religious institutions.
Old value:: Religions are treated as companies, and all profit is taxed, however, charitable donations are not taxed.
Current: No religions are taxed.
Proposed: Recognized religions are not taxed.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:47:37, March 07, 2006 CET | From | LiberalDemocraticFreedomTaxAndSpendParty | To | Debating the Religious Taxation |
| Message | Charitable donations made by the religions are not taxed. Recognizing only certain religions discriminates against those local denominations that give back to their community. |
| Date | 05:22:23, March 08, 2006 CET | From | Moderate Beluzians | To | Debating the Religious Taxation |
| Message | There are proposals that address the idea of recognized religions. Please don't try to change laws in bill describtions. |
| Date | 22:06:00, March 08, 2006 CET | From | People's Populist Party - Zogist Mafia | To | Debating the Religious Taxation |
| Message | Discrimination is the foundation of sound judgement! |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 36 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 40 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 9 |
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