06.12.2011                      10.Kislev. 5772                       Gebet für Regen

Sozialpolitik:

Knesset passes first Trajtenberg-based bill

New law will lower income tax on middle class, includes additional proposals by UTJ MK Gafni.

The Knesset passed its first bill based on the Trajtenberg Committee on social change’s recommendations in its second and third (final) readings on Monday evening.
“The Bill to Change the Tax Burden” passed its final reading with 40 MKs in favor and none opposed to the measure, which marked a change in the tax code emphasizing benefits for the middle class. The bill combined a government – proposed bill based on Trajtenberg’s findings with initiatives by Knesset Finance Committee Chairman Moshe Gafni (United Torah Judaism)….