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Bill: Income tax proposal of January 4517
Details
Submitted by[?]: National Justice 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: April 4518
Description[?]:
| The National Justice Party propose to adjust the government's income tax policy to better address the economic situation of the Federal Constitutional Republic of Pontesi. |
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 |
| > 25,000 PON | 15% | 79,339,000,000 PON |
| > 40,000 PON | 23% | 69,755,000,000 PON |
| > 55,000 PON | 33% | 78,524,000,000 PON |
| > 70,000 PON | 38% | 114,941,000,000 PON |
| > 100,000 PON | 43% | 69,296,000,000 PON | Total | 411,855,000,000 PON |
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 15:57:19, January 17, 2019 CET | From |  Factio Imperatoria | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of January 4517 |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, Is there any particular reason why the tax brackets need amending this close to an election? RUTILUS SAETA FI PARTY CHAIRMAN |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 499 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: RP laws follow the same passing rules as in-game variable laws. Laws that are not of a constitutional nature require a simple majority "Yes" vote from active parties currently holding seats. Laws that are of a constitutional nature require a 2/3 majority "Yes" vote from active parties currently holding seats. RP laws may be abolished a simple majority vote this applies to ANY RP law. |
| Random quote: "We are told that this is an odious and unpopular tax. I never knew a tax that was not odious and unpopular with the people who paid it." - John Sherman |