S-18.3-16: Southern Tax Relief Act (Statute)

[Filinovich]

I've just noticed what I would consider to be an issue with this bill. A person making exactly $12,999.99 would be highly discouraged from earning an extra cent a year. Their federal income taxes would go from $0 to $650 (Assuming my math is correct). Granted, this isn't a radical change (about $12 a week), but it is an issue. I'm not sure how it would be solved or if it is possible to solve. Perhaps a more gradual shift from full to half reclaim would be possible.

In any event, I still think this bill would have a positive effect and I don't intend to vote against purely because a statistically insignificant group would be discouraged from picking up a penny off the ground.

I patiently await the estimate from the GM.

[Filinovich]

I motion for a vote to table this legislation.

What? Why?

[Filinovich]

If the GM office is not going to provide an estimate, I do not see how we can even consider this legislation.

Patience is a virtue.

[Filinovich]

I motion for a vote to table this legislation as the GM is refusing to give us an estimate.

I object to the motion to table.

[Filinovich]

Looks good to me, as that doesn't even factor in the potential growth that could come from lowering these taxes.

[Filinovich]

In the absence of a deputy GM to run an official estimate, I can certify this as a reasonably accurate projection, given available information.

In that case, I motion for a final vote.

[Filinovich]

In that case, I motion for a final vote.

Move this motion to the new amended version

[Filinovich]

Aye.