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Bill: Income tax proposal of August 2229
Details
Submitted by[?]: One Nation Conservative 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: October 2230
Description[?]:
| The One Nation Conservative Party propose to adjust the government's income tax policy to better address the economic situation of the Pontesian Dynastic Commonwealth. |
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 |
| > 11,000 PON | 4% | 41,574,000,000 PON |
| > 30,000 PON | 16% | 207,952,000,000 PON | Total | 249,526,000,000 PON |
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 14:30:56, May 19, 2006 CET | From |  One Nation Conservative Party | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of August 2229 |
| Message | This bill will result in the lowest percentage of the population paying income tax ever. I'm excited, are you? |
| Date | 01:44:14, May 20, 2006 CET | From |  Pnték Znkak Prta 'Bastardry' | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of August 2229 |
| Message | If only we could cut alcohol duty to celebrate... the Bastards approve. Not only will more citizens prosper, but without the funding, a nanny state or communist gulag cannot exist in Pontesi, giving us a valuable reason to veto changes in said directions. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 49 | ||||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | ||||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 250 |
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