Bill: Draft Eviction Tax Act

[Darklander]

CONGRESS OF THE
COMMONWEALTH OF REDMONT​

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A BILL TO

Impose a Tax on Revenue from Eviction Auctions and Sellbacks



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The people of the Commonwealth of Redmont, through their elected Representatives in the Congress and the force of law ordained to that Congress by the people through the constitution, do hereby enact the following provisions into law:

1 - Short Title and Enactment
(1) This Act may be cited as the 'Eviction Tax Act'.
(2) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.
(3) This Act has been authored by Venne Montclair.
(4) This Act has been sponsored by Speaker TrueDarklander.
(5) This Act has been co-sponsored by [..].

2 - Reasons
(1) More tax revenue is necessary to decrease the deficit.
(2) Citizens should be discouraged from using the evictions process as a free auctioneer service.
(3) To amend the Taxation Act.

3 - Amendments
(1) The following new Section is appended to the Taxation Act:

"15 - Eviction Tax
(1) Eviction Tax is levied whenever the Department of Construction & Transport successfully auctions off an evicted plot in a public auction, or sells back an evicted plot to the government at 90% of its nominal value.
(2) The tax amount is calculated as 15% of the revenue generated for the evicted owner of the plot through the auction or sellback, rounded to the nearest whole Redmont dollar.
(3) The tax is collected by the Department of Construction & Transport:
(a) If it concerns a public auction, the Department withholds the tax amount from the payout of the auction revenue to the evicted owner.
(b) If it concerns a sellback, the Department fines the tax amount from the evicted owner immediately after the sellback.
(4) This tax is not levied on evictions conducted by Town governments. Towns are free to make their own arrangements in local law. Existing local arrangements will remain in full force."

4 - Transitional Provisions
(1) The Federal Eviction Tax, as introduced by Section 3 of this Act, is not levied on auctions or sellbacks conducted by the Department of Construction & Transport where the corresponding eviction report was filed prior to the enacting of this Act.