National Sin Tax Bill

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National Sin Tax Bill

A 2% sales tax is to be charged on the following items and any products derived from them:

Alcohol, Tobacco, Pornography

There shall be exceptions for any recognized and legitimate uses of alcohol or products derived from alcohol.
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Sponsor: Sen. Peter Bell

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I think I should make my opinion of this known:

I am fully in favour of this bill, so screw you BRTD.

[MasterJedi]

I hereby open up the vote on this amendment. Please vote Aye, Nay or Abstain.

The bill is rewritten to say:

National Sin Tax Act

1. A National Sin Tax shall be levied to provide income for the federal government.

2. The Sin Tax will be set at 2% for cigarettes, alcohol, and chewing tobacco 4% for cigars, pipe tobacco, snuff and other tobacco products and 7% for marijuana and other legalized recreational drugs, users of medical marijuana and other medicinal drugs are exempt from the Sin Tax.

3. This will go into effect immediately upon passage of this bill and will continue until such a time as this bill is repealed or stiken in accordance with other legislation or court rulings.

4. Individual regions may set their own sin taxes as they see fit. The percentage levied may be changed during in the annual budget.

5. The taxes levied in the afformentioned clauses override any current federal sin taxes or other duties on the afformentioned goods unless otherwise exempted by the Senate of Atlasia.

[MasterJedi]

Aye

[MasterJedi]

This amendment has passed.

[MasterJedi]

I hereby open up the final vote on this bill. Please vote Aye, Nay or Abstain.

National Sin Tax Act

1. A National Sin Tax shall be levied to provide income for the federal government.

2. The Sin Tax will be set at 2% for cigarettes, alcohol, and chewing tobacco 4% for cigars, pipe tobacco, snuff and other tobacco products and 7% for marijuana and other legalized recreational drugs, users of medical marijuana and other medicinal drugs are exempt from the Sin Tax.

3. This will go into effect immediately upon passage of this bill and will continue until such a time as this bill is repealed or stiken in accordance with other legislation or court rulings.

4. Individual regions may set their own sin taxes as they see fit. The percentage levied may be changed during in the annual budget.

5. The taxes levied in the afformentioned clauses override any current federal sin taxes or other duties on the afformentioned goods unless otherwise exempted by the Senate of Atlasia.

[MasterJedi]

Aye

[MasterJedi]

This bill has enough votes to pass, Senators now have 24 hours to change their votes.

[MasterJedi]

With 5 Ayes, 2 Nays and 1 Abstenation this bill has passed. I hereby present it to the President for his signiture.