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Bill: Taxation Bill 4723
Details
Submitted by[?]: Beluzia Renewal Party (BRP)
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: January 4724
Description[?]:
| The Beluzia Renewal Party (BRP) propose to adjust the government's income tax policy to better address the economic situation of the Republic of Beluzia (Beluzia). |
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 |
| > 10,000 BEL | 10% | 23,891,000,000 BEL |
| > 15,000 BEL | 13% | 21,097,000,000 BEL |
| > 20,000 BEL | 15% | 15,429,000,000 BEL |
| > 25,000 BEL | 20% | 12,258,000,000 BEL |
| > 30,000 BEL | 25% | 10,334,000,000 BEL |
| > 35,000 BEL | 30% | 6,868,000,000 BEL |
| > 40,000 BEL | 35% | 6,036,000,000 BEL |
| > 45,000 BEL | 40% | 5,129,000,000 BEL |
| > 50,000 BEL | 45% | 5,331,000,000 BEL | Total | 106,373,000,000 BEL |
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 10:24:34, March 10, 2020 CET | From | Beluzia Renewal Party (BRP) | To | Debating the Taxation Bill 4723 |
| Message | Since the increase of 5% in the GDP of this country since the Beluzia Workers Party came to power, the reductions in income tax, corporation tax and taxation of essential goods now appear completely vindicated. Under the previous Unsubmissive Beluzian Workers Party regime, income tax rates ranged from 25% to 99% - yes 99% - of our citizens' income. Corporation Tax was also at a staggeringly high 80%. As a result of the increase in our GDP - higher than even this party thought possible during one term of office - we are able to reduce the levels of income tax slightly more. There is also an accompanying proposal to lower the taxation of luxury goods from 30% to 25% - a Bill to this effect was introduced for debate prior to the election. |
| Date | 11:08:33, March 10, 2020 CET | From | Unsubmissive Beluzian Workers Party | To | Debating the Taxation Bill 4723 |
| Message | Again, please do not say that the taxation rates and corporation tax was my doing. I was not the one who proposed them in the first place (OOC: In fact I might have missed the vote on it), nor was I in favour of them. I could have asked for a reduction in the tax rate, but due to the position of the Government at the time, they insisted on maintaining them, and so I left it at that. (OOC: However, I might have forgotten about them during my years in power, so I apologise for maintaining tax at such a high rate) OOC: Next time, before you blame me for anything that you disagree with, please do look at the bill history of my party and previous political parties so that you know which bills I proposed and which I didn't |
| Date | 13:29:30, March 10, 2020 CET | From | Beluzia Renewal Party (BRP) | To | Debating the Taxation Bill 4723 |
| Message | For the record, I am posting data taken directly from the election record of the UBWP for the four elections immediately prior to the BWP forming. This comprises the elections of 498, 4703, 4708 and 4713. For each of these elections, as now, there were 500 seats available, and for all four of these elections the UBWP won all 500. This is because they were the sole party in Beluzia and therefore held a monopoly on policies set up by its government. I think 20 years in power with an absolute majority is ample time to have made changes to policies and taxation levels in keeping with the UBWP's position. So, I also think it fair to consider the state of our country when the BWP came to power as being the complete responsibility of the UBWP. Here is the data: Month Votes Total Votes Votes (%) Votes (%) (+) Seats Total Seats Seats (%) Seats (+) September 4698 11,123,296 11,123,296 100.00 +50.50 500 500 100.00 +253 September 4703 10,693,940 10,729,716 99.67 -0.33 500 500 100.00 +0 September 4708 11,953,165 11,953,165 100.00 +0.33 500 500 100.00 +0 September 4713 57,267,648 57,303,739 99.94 -0.06 500 500 100.00 +0 |
| Date | 13:31:41, March 10, 2020 CET | From | Unsubmissive Beluzian Workers Party | To | Debating the Taxation Bill 4723 |
| Message | OOC: During those periods I was probably caught up with university work, so I didn't check Particracy that often |
| Date | 13:31:52, March 10, 2020 CET | From | Unsubmissive Beluzian Workers Party | To | Debating the Taxation Bill 4723 |
| Message | OOC: Either way, at least I'm supporting your tax proposal |
| Date | 13:40:39, March 10, 2020 CET | From | Beluzia Renewal Party (BRP) | To | Debating the Taxation Bill 4723 |
| Message | The government thanks the UBWP for its support of this proposal. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 455 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 45 |
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