Then, we need to rename the Tax Rate.
On 10/22/2017 07:43 PM, Aris Merchant wrote:
> Not apart from deregistration and administrative fees, neither of
> which would normally be considered taxes.
>
> -Aris
>
>
>
> On Sun, Oct 22, 2017 at 4:41 PM, Publius Scribonius Scholasticus
> <p.scribonius.scholasti...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> We already have taxes.
>>
>>
>> On 10/22/2017 07:39 PM, Aris Merchant wrote:
>>> I submit the following proposal, and pend it for 1 AP.
>>>
>>> -Aris
>>> ---
>>> Title: It's death _and_ taxes
>>> Adoption index: 1.0
>>> Author: Aris
>>> Co-author(s):
>>>
>>>
>>> Lines beginning with hashmarks ("#") and comments in square brackets ("[]")
>>> have no effect on the behavior of this proposal. They are not part of any
>>> rules
>>> created or amended herein, and may be considered for all game purposes to
>>> have been removed before its resolution.
>>>
>>> [I have yet to hear a reason why we can't have both supply reform and
>>> spending reform. It's true that too much taxation will stop all
>>> accumulation,
>>> but my proposal should hopefully just provide another incentive to spend.
>>> Frankly, while giving money meaning and giving people something to spend on
>>> are nice, it's also important that people get paid. I've dropped the
>>> inactivity
>>> tax from this proposal.]
>>>
>>> Enact a rule, entitled "Taxes", power = 1.0, with the following text:
>>>
>>> The tax rate is a singleton switch, with possible values of integers
>>> between
>>> 0 and 25 (default 10). The tax rate can be set to any possible value in a
>>> regulation promulgated by the Treasuror.
>>>
>>> An entity's tax amount is, at any given time, (max(ceil(T% of (S - 10)),
>>> 0)),
>>> where max is the maximum of its inputs, ceil is the operation of rounding
>>> up
>>> to the nearest integer, T is the tax rate, and S is that entity's shiny
>>> abalance.
>>>
>>> A taxable entity is any entity that possesses shinies, except for Agora
>>> and contracts exempt for sustenance payments.
>>>
>>> The Treasuror CAN, once per Agoran month, collect taxes by announcement.
>>> E SHALL do so in the first week of each Agoran month. When taxes are
>>> collected, for each taxable entity, that entity's tax amount in shinies is
>>> transferred to Agora.
>>
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