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Bill: Income Tax Proposal 2215
Details
Submitted by[?]: Centre Démocratique
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: April 2217
Description[?]:
| The Citizens Party proposes to adjust the government's income tax policy to better address the economic situation of the Free Republic of Jelbania. |
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 |
| > 1,000 JEL | 1% | 573,000,000 JEL |
| > 2,000 JEL | 6% | 10,312,000,000 JEL |
| > 5,000 JEL | 12% | 34,373,000,000 JEL |
| > 10,000 JEL | 18% | 51,560,000,000 JEL |
| > 15,000 JEL | 25% | 143,223,000,000 JEL |
| > 25,000 JEL | 33% | 449,113,000,000 JEL |
| > 70,000 JEL | 40% | 157,392,000,000 JEL |
| > 100,000 JEL | 49% | 76,290,000,000 JEL |
| > 120,000 JEL | 50% | 110,652,000,000 JEL | Total | 1,033,488,000,000 JEL |
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 01:04:33, April 19, 2006 CET | From | Centre Démocratique | To | Debating the Income Tax Proposal 2215 |
| Message | Every current bracket gets a 1% tax decrease, while those making $120,000 or more a year keep the current rate. We are running a surplus, so Jelbanians deserve to keep a larger share of their paycheck. |
| Date | 00:50:48, April 20, 2006 CET | From | Centre Démocratique | To | Debating the Income Tax Proposal 2215 |
| Message | Any supporters? Anyone against this? |
| Date | 01:27:44, April 20, 2006 CET | From | Free Conservative Party | To | Debating the Income Tax Proposal 2215 |
| Message | I still think we should squeeze down those higher rates. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 375 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 126 |
| Random fact: When elections in a country are held, all bills in the voting phase are reset to the debate phase. |
| Random quote: "The liberal state is a mask behind which there is no face; it is a scaffolding behind which there is no building." - Benito Mussolini |