NSG Senate Chamber [NSG Senate] - Version 3

[Lamaredia]

Aye to all bills at vote.

[The Licentian Isles]

Aye to all apart from the Second REA, which is an Abstain.

[Neo Rome Republic]

- Joseph Kourie Memorial Park Establishment-Aye
- State Funerals Act-Aye
- Senate Salaries Act-Aye
- Republican Executive Act II-NAY
- Birthright Citizenship Act-Aye
- The Aurentine Postal Service Act-Aye
- February 29th Birth Standardization-Aye

[Kamchastkia]

AYE
Joseph Kourie Memorial Park Establishment
Birthright Citizenship Act
Aurentine Postal Services Act
February 29th Birth Standardization

NAY
Senate Salaries Act
Republican Executive Act II

ABSTAIN
State Funerals Act

[Britanno]

AYE
Joseph Kourie Memorial Park Establishment
Birthright Citizenship Act
Aurentine Postal Services Act
February 29th Birth Standardization
State Funerals Act
Senate Salaries Act

NAY
Republican Executive Act II

[New Waterford]

JKMPEA: Aye
SFA: Aye
SSA: Aye
REA2: Nay
BCA: Aye
APSA: Aye
F29BS: Aye

[Next Washington]

- Joseph Kourie Memorial Park Establishment Aye
- State Funerals Act Aye
- Senate Salaries Act Nay
- Republican Executive Act II Aye
- Birthright Citizenship Act Aye
- The Aurentine Postal Service Act Aye
- February 29th Birth Standardization Aye

[The Nihilistic view]

I am invoking Clause 3.5 of the Proper Procedure and Unacceptable Behavior Act to request you withdraw your statements as per the following request by the Senate Secretary:

This remains in force upon Senator Boris Johnson, a withdrawal will remain sufficient.

And the link to the law that outlaws comment on a bill at vote that would make it an irregularity in debate or procedure is?

I have looked through the archives and can't find one. When there seems to be no official procedures bill passed then nothing can be an irregularity.

[Mkuki]

I vote AYE on the Joseph Kourie Memorial Park Establishment.
I vote AYE on the State Funerals Act.
I vote NAY on the Senate Salaries Act.
I ABSTAIN on the Republican Executives Act II.
I vote AYE on the Birthright Citizenship Act.
I vote AYE on the Aurentine Postal Services Act.
I vote AYE on the February 29th Birth Standardization.

[East Ormania]

I give an AYE to the following proposals:
Joseph Kourie Memorial Park Establishment
State Funerals Act
Republican Executives Act II
Birthright Citizenship Act
Aurentine Postal Services Act
February 29th Birth Standardization

I ABSTAIN on the following proposals:
Senate Salaries Act

[NSG Senate Administrators]

This remains in force upon Senator Boris Johnson, a withdrawal will remain sufficient.

And the link to the law that outlaws comment on a bill at vote that would make it an irregularity in debate or procedure is?

I have looked through the archives and can't find one. When there seems to be no official procedures bill passed then nothing can be an irregularity.

OFFICIAL NSG SENATE ADMINISTRATOR WARNING | Corresponding Party: Nihilistic View | Enforcing Administrator: Venaleria

You are hereby WARNED for disobeying admin enforced RP restrictions on the usage of comments in the senate chamber despite repeated attempts by several senators and RP officials to discontinue such actions. These requests have ultimately gone ignored in order to express discontent with this decision. As this is an admin ruling, bills or other articles created with the RP idea shall be disregarded.

Disclaimer: This decision is that solely of the NSG Senate Administrators, and its implications fall only within this RP. This decision does not reflect any stated opinion of the NS Moderation staff.

[HumanSanity]

Aye to all except REA2 which is a NAY

[Battlion]

The vote has officially started on Miscellaneous Section B. Please cast your votes accordingly.

Just a quick reminder of no discussion whatsoever throughout the voting period unless it is an urgent, logistical point. Otherwise, go to the lobby.

Thanks for this (was at a christening today, I'll deal with the rest now)

*pretend this is PpT*

[Skeckoa]

- Joseph Kourie Memorial Park Establishment-Aye
- State Funerals Act-Aye
- Senate Salaries Act-Aye
- Republican Executive Act II-NAY
- Birthright Citizenship Act-Aye
- The Aurentine Postal Service Act-Aye
- February 29th Birth Standardization-Aye

[Cadicarrech]

- Joseph Kourie Memorial Park Establishment: Aye
- State Funerals Act: Aye
- Senate Salaries Act: Aye
- Republican Executive Act II: Aye
- Birthright Citizenship Act: No
- The Aurentine Postal Service Act: No
- February 29th Birth Standardisation: Aye

[Corenea]

- Joseph Kourie Memorial Park Establishment - Abstain
- State Funerals Act - Aye
- Senate Salaries Act - Nay
- Republican Executive Act II - Aye
- Birthright Citizenship Act - Aye
- The Aurentine Postal Service Act - Nay
- February 29th Birth Standardization - Abstain

[Ainin]

Tabled by: The Hon Johnathan Kolen, Minister of Finance | With Contributions from: The Government of Aurentina and collaborators | SIMBEDS: Business and Finance | Urgency: Paramount
Sponsors: Alexander Ainin [NDP], James Brit [NDP], Branko Aleksic [RefP], Wulukuno Porunalakai [NDP], Max Roman [NDP], Jerry LeRow [NDP]

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FOREWORD
Honourable Senators of the Aurentine Commonwealth,

It is my great pleasure today to present to you Aurentina's 2013 Budget and Spending Plans, created through a multipartisan and cooperative atmosphere within the span of three governments, Our budget, built through compromise and negotiation, is a layout to increase social justice for all Aurentines. A truly progressive system the people can believe in and support, this work was created after months of negotiations between all sides.

With this said, I move to bring the Business and Finance SIMBEDS Category to the top of the queue.

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The National Tax Act is struck out and rendered null and void.

VALUE-ADDED TAX
Essential Goods and Services, defined as basic groceries, prescription drugs, tuition fees, public transportation fares, housing (both purchases and rent) and medical devices and services shall not be taxed.
Basic Grocery is defined as fresh, frozen, canned and vacuum sealed fruits and vegetables, breakfast cereals, most milk products, fresh meat, poultry, grain products and fish, with further clarity to be affirmed by the Ministry of Commerce.
Prescription drug is defined as a drug prescribed by a licensed physician acting in official capabilities.
Tuition fee is defined as the cost of attending a pre-elementary, elementary, secondary, tertiary or other licensed educational facility.
Public transportation fare is defined as the charged price for using a bus, train, metro, tramway, LRT or minibus owned by a public transportation commission approved by the Transportation Ministry.
Medical service and device is defined as a healthcare-related expenditure or good, to be further defined by the Ministry of Health.

Secondary Goods and Services, defined as foodstuffs not included in "basic groceries" or "restricted products", street clothing, all consumer-targeted forms of gas and oil for commercial and fleet driving, electronics, entertainment devices, media and all other consumer-oriented products not covered by other categories, are taxed at 10% of selling price.
Gas and oil is defined as products obtainable at a standard gas station (petrol, diesel, etc.), natural gas, heating oil and cooking oil.
Street clothing is defined as clothing destined for everyday life.
Electronics are defined as electronic equipment intended for everyday use, most often in entertainment, communications and office productivity, and accessories thereof.
Entertainment devices are defined as machines used for consumer entertainment, and accessories thereof, to be further defined by the Ministry of Telecommunications.
Media is defined as services relating to the consumer entertainment industry, along with all forms of distribution of moving pictures, images, televised series, video, and the storage devices thereof.

Luxury Goods and Services, defined as items not needed for everyday life, such as designer clothing, jewellery, motor vehicles, hotel fees, residential property above the value of £2,000,000 and other products and services deemed so by the Ministry of the Exchequer are to be taxed at 15% of selling price.

Restricted Products, defined as firearms, explosives and pyrotechnic equipment, are to be taxed 25% of selling price.
Firearm is defined as a portable weapon releasing one or more rounds of ammunition when the trigger is pulled.
Explosive is defined as an item whose primary purpose is to cause an explosive reaction.
Pyrotechnic equipment is defined as items that cause self-sustained exothermic chemical reactions for the production of heat, light, gas, smoke and/or sound.

Recreational Drugs, defined as Category A, B and C drugs as per the Sale of Harmful Substances Act, shall be taxed 30% of selling price.

Tobacco (and products derived thereof) shall be taxed 5% of selling price, in addition to existing taxes.

CORPORATE TAX
Large businesses will get a corporation tax rate of 21% plus will have to pay a low employee tax similar to National Insurance in the UK. Newly-established businesses will have to pay less (0% Y1, 5% Y2-3, 10% Y4, 15% Y5). Small businesses and co-operatives will pay 18% corporation tax. There will be an electricity usage/pollution tax for businesses in particular, but companies that generate electricity from renewable sources will be able to claim this the other way round from the government. A fee-and-dividend scheme will be used for electricity generation, though other (now smaller) taxes will still exist for non-CO₂ heavy industry pollutants/emissions.

INCOME TAX
Income Tax is set in a progressive bracket* method.
Tax brackets are the divisions at which tax rates change in a progressive tax system (or an explicitly regressive tax system, although this is much rarer). Essentially, they are the cutoff values for taxable income — income past a certain point will be taxed at a higher rate (More information)
£ 0.00-£ 15,000.00 0%
£ 15,000.00-£ 30,000.00 15.00%
£ 30,000.00-£ 40,000.00 30.00%
£ 40,000.00-£ 75,000.00 40.00%
£ 75,000.00-£ 200,000.00 45.00%
£ 200,000.00-£ 500,000.00 47.00%
£ 500,000.00-£ 1,000,000.00 50.00%
£ 1,000,000.00-£ 2,500,000.00 52%
£ 2,500,000.00+ 55%

IMPORT TARIFF
All import taxes will be as stated in the Market Protection Act.

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REVENUES
Personal Income:	Tax Rates:	Total income:	Total tax revenue:
£0,00-£ 15,000.00	0%	35,000,000,000.00
£15,000.00-£30,000.00	15%	55,350,000,000.00	8,302,500,000.00
£30,000.00-£40,000.00	30%	43,000,000,000.00	12,900,000,000.00
£40,000.00-£75,000.00	40%	42,000,000,000.00	16,800,000,000.00
£75,000.00-£200,000.00	45%	31,000,000,000.00	13,950,000,000.00
£200,000.00-£500,000.00	47%	23,000,000,000.00	10,810,000,000.00
£500,000.00-£1,000,000.00	50%	17,000,000,000.00	8,500,000,000.00
£1,000,000.00-£2,500,000.00	52%	16,550,000,000.00	8,606,000,000.00
+£2,500,000.00	55%	12,500,000,000.00	6,875,000,000.00
			86,743,500,000.00
Corporate Income:	Tax Rates:	Total income:	Total tax revenue:
Large	21%	385,100,000,000.00	80,871,000,000.00
Small	18%	165,400,000,000.00	29,772,000,000.00
New	variable	46,500,000,000.00	4,650,000,000.00
			115,293,000,000.00
Value-Added Tax:	Tax Rates:	Total income:	Total tax revenue:
Secondary goods and services:	10%	202,000,000,000.00	20,200,000,000.00
Luxury goods and services:	15%	125,000,000,000.00	18,750,000,000.00
Restricted products:	25%	65,000,000,000.00	16,250,000,000.00
Recreational drugs:	30%	61,000,000,000.00	18,300,000,000.00
Tobacco:	5%	195,000,000,000.00	9,750,000,000.00
			83,250,000,000.00
Revenues:
Personal Income:	86,743,500,000.00
Corporate tax:	115,293,000,000.00
Value-Added tax:	83,250,000,000.00
Total tax revenue:	285,286,500,000.00
EXPENDITURES
Department	% of total expenditure	Expenditure
Interior	6,91	18,713,297,150.00
Foreign Affairs	0,18	513,515,700.00
Finance and the Treasury	0,07	199,700,550.00
Justice	4,21	16,024,036,900.00
Defence	5,14	14,663,726,100.00
Health	21,03	61,995,750,950.00
Education	17,73	47,581,296,450.00
Environment	0,71	2,025,534,150.00
Energy	5,32	15,177,241,800.00
Infrastructure and Transportation	8,89	24,354,483,600.00
Culture and Sports	0,53	1,512,018,450.00
Research and Astronomy	3,52	10,049,571,050.00
Labour	23,08	65,859,177,600.00
Telecommunications	0,82	2,339,349,300.00
Business Safety	0,07	199,700,550.00
International Development	1,78	4,078,099,700.00
Total expenditures:	100	285,286,500,000.00

[Senate President pro Tempore]

If the motion is approved I intend to have B&F A (all the other bills bar budget) voted on, then B&F B (Budget) and then returning back to Misc.

Although, not sure why we can't wait for Misc to finish considering we've one more section after this vote?


- Battlion

[Venaleria]

If the motion is approved I intend to have B&F A (all the other bills bar budget) voted on, then B&F B (Budget) and then returning back to Misc.

Although, not sure why we can't wait for Misc to finish considering we've one more section after this vote?


- Battlion

If the motion passes, then your first method would be accurate and would by law, have to go through.

But if it doesn't your second would.

No more comments on this in the chamber please, with the exception of Battlion, Ainin, and me.

[Battlion]

If the motion is approved I intend to have B&F A (all the other bills bar budget) voted on, then B&F B (Budget) and then returning back to Misc.

Although, not sure why we can't wait for Misc to finish considering we've one more section after this vote?


- Battlion

If the motion passes, then your first method would be accurate and would by law, have to go through.

But if it doesn't your second would.

No more comments on this in the chamber please, with the exception of Battlion, Ainin, and me.

Understood, any further comments should be placed in the lobby

*Pretend this is PpT account again*

[New Zepuha]

- Joseph Kourie Memorial Park Establishment- Aye
- State Funerals Act- Aye
- Senate Salaries Act- Aye
- Republican Executive Act II- NAY
- Birthright Citizenship Act- Aye
- The Aurentine Postal Service Act- Aye
- February 29th Birth Standardization-Aye

[Phocidaea]

Voting:

JKMPE: Abstain; although I don't have any particular objection to it, I did not even know Senator Kourie before his death and I think this government has more important things to do than to memorialize one arbitrarily chosen victim of what must all acts in his memory fail to recognize as a greater problem.
SFA: Aye. I'm voting for this because the petition provisions prevent it from simply being a reward for friends and allies of the president, unlike many other bills like it.
SSA: Aye
REA II: Nay. The proposed powers of the president are totally excessive, given him essentially all of the capacities of a presidential republic in addition to a good degree of indirect prime minister-esque control over the Senate. I also object to the proposed election procedures.
BCA: Aye
APSA: Aye
F29BS: Aye

[Fulflood]

Aye to all bar the REA-2, on which I abstain.

[Lamaredia]

If possible, I wish to withdraw the REA-II bill from vote as I am one of the authors.

[Battlion]

If possible, I wish to withdraw the REA-II bill from vote as I am one of the authors.

I do not believe this is possible

*PpT Account*