Sentences with phrase «pension relief for»

The Conservative Party's favourite Liberal Democrat will recommend a mansions tax and cutting pension relief for higher - rate taxpayers.

Not exact matches

Two changes in particular are desperately required: the launch of a low - cost carrier that can compete with upstarts like Air Transat and Sunwing, and relief for the pension woes.

The combination of disagreement and agreement may well lead us not to consider splitting but to consider ways we might reorganize into co-denominations of sorts, separating in some ways but covenanting together in some ministries (e.g., relief aid, the publishing house, archives) and administrative programs (e.g., pension and health benefits for clergy).

The party plans to make up the money by restricting tax relief on pension contributions to the basic rate, taxing capital gains at marginal income tax rates, allowing for indexation and retirement relief, tackling stamp duty land tax avoidance and corporation tax avoidance and by subjecting benefits in kind to national insurance contributions as well as income tax and applying national insurance to multiple jobs.

The omnibus extraordinary session package also provides a financial incentives to entice Vernon Downs racino and harness track to remain open; offers $ 55 million in relief for Lake Ontario communities ravaged by flooding; tweaks a law to allow New York City first responders to receive an accidental disability pensions even if they don't receive a federal Social Security disability pension; and creates a 250 - acre forest land bank to allow for certain public utility projects under a constitutional amendment.

Governor Cuomo told county leaders gathered for their annual meeting that he would meet them half way in providing mandate relief in the form of helping to defray health care and future pension costs.

Whatever happened, for example, to the mansion tax on properties worth more than # 2m or restricting tax relief on pensions to the basic rate of income tax - both commitments included in the Liberal Democrat manifesto?

With the city facing more budget cuts or even, as she suggested, «insolvency,» Miner was hoping for relief in an area where Albany is itself the prime culprit because of the exploding cost of pensions and benefits promised to public employees.

We will fund this by a repeat of the tax on bank bonuses and by restricting pension tax relief for the very highest earners to the same rate as the average taxpayer.

«But with less than six weeks to go until the start of the new tax year, there are a range of issues that require amendments to UK legislation to deal with issues such as determining eligibility for marriage allowance and ensuring that the appropriate amount of tax relief is calculated for pension contributions and gift aid contributions.

«This is to prevent people benefiting from tax relief in relation to contributions made into self - directed pension schemes for the purpose of funding purchases of holiday or second homes and other prohibited assets for their or their family's personal use.»

The government already plans to scale back pensions tax relief for incomes over # 150,000 from April 2011.

Cuomo convened the mandate relief council in 2011, and during his first three years in office has helped localities by capturing cost increases in the Medicaid program and taking over its administration from counties, giving school districts more flexibility in how they set up bus transportation and imposing a less - generous pension plan for newly hired workers.

The # 110bn cost of the plan would be paid for by the abolition of pension credits and of tax relief on pension contributions.

My goal as County Legislator is to make a difference in the long - term financial sustainability of our community, by bringing an independent voice to our County Legislature to stop reckless spending while lobbying our State for needed reduction in healthcare cost, pension reform and mandate relief».

While he slashed stamp duty for almost every first - time buyer (outside London) he conspicuously avoided provoking older voters; pension tax reliefs remain sacrosanct, as does the winter fuel allowance and the «triple lock» on pension increases...

At the very least it must not be contemplated without revisiting the Liberal Democrats» other manifesto commitments for a mansions tax and restricting tax relief on pensions to the basic rate of income tax.

Options include an end to tax relief on pension contributions for higher - rate taxpayers, an «accessions tax» to replace inheritance tax, and further increases in capital gains tax.»

A dress rehearsal on The Andrew Marr Show portrayed the chancellor in a defiant mood; suggesting heavier cuts for the rich — in the form of cutting pension tax relief.

This should include the Government both allowing those on the lowest pay to salary sacrifice and also finding a way to overcome the lack of tax relief for those in certain pension arrangements, says LITRG.

The top priorities for 2012 now include: Continue fiscal discipline by «working to reduce spending by $ 2 billion will help balance the budget and increase New York's competitive edge,» enacting pension reform, passing mandate relief and regulatory reform, and legalizing non-Indian casino gambling.

In short, Kellermann concluded, the governor's proposal won't provide «meaningful, long - term relief for municipalities in fiscal distress, and endangers the viability of the pension funds,» which is pretty much the argument others — including Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner — have been making for several weeks now.

The top 1 % of earners grab the lion's share of the # 37bn set aside by the Treasury for tax relief on pension contributions to enhance their already generous retirement plans, the union body said ahead of its conference next week in Liverpool.

The shadow chancellor also said he would reverse the effects of the government's move to end tax relief on pension funds, would abolish the national child trust fund for the rich and remove tax credits from families earning more than # 50,000.

Offering some alternatives Cuomo might pursue, Steinberg called for mandate relief, a cap on district pension contributions and rolling back state special education requirements that go beyond federal requirements.

Last month the party confirmed reports that funding - also including the proceeds of restricting pension tax relief for high earners - was only in place for 2015/16.

Lt. Gov. Bob Duffy, who has emerged as the leading defender of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's mandate relief proposals for struggling upstate cities, told Alan Chartock in an interview to air Friday that he would more than pleased with the pension smoothing proposal if he held his old job as the mayor of Rochester.

Meanwhile the Chancellor has cut tax relief for pension contributions — but only by # 200m in 2013/14 rising to # 600 million in 2015/16.

That this House declines to give a Second Reading to the Welfare Benefits Up - rating Bill because it fails to address the reasons why the cost of benefits is exceeding the Government's plans; notes that the Resolution Foundation has calculated that 68 per cent of households affected by these measures are in work and that figures from the Institute for Fiscal Studies show that all the measures announced in the Autumn Statement, including those in the Bill, will mean a single - earner family with children on average will be # 534 worse off by 2015; further notes that the Bill does not include anything to remedy the deficiencies in the Government's work programme or the slipped timetable for universal credit; believes that a comprehensive plan to reduce the benefits bill must include measures to create economic growth and help the 129,400 adults over the age of 25 out of work for 24 months or more, but that the Bill does not do so; further believes that the Bill should introduce a compulsory jobs guarantee, which would give long - term unemployed adults a job they would have to take up or lose benefits, funded by limiting tax relief on pension contributions for people earning over # 150,000 to 20 per cent; and further believes that the proposals in the Bill are unfair when the additional rate of income tax is being reduced, which will result in those earning over a million pounds per year receiving an average tax cut of over # 100,000 a year.

The final legislation renames the Tappan Zee Bridge after former Gov. Mario Cuomo; provides a financial incentive package to entice Vernon Downs racino and harness track to remain open; offers $ 55 million in relief for Lake Ontario communities ravaged by flooding; tweaks a law to allow New York City first responders to receive an accidental disability pensions even if they don't receive a federal Social Security disability pension; and creates a 250 - acre forest land bank to allow for certain public utility projects under a constitutional amendment.

Recent CentreForum reports, «Tax and the coalition» (pdf) and «A relief for some» (pdf), proposed limiting tax relief on contributions to pensions to the standard 20p rate and restricting the lump sum which can be taken tax - free on retirement to # 42,475 (the rate at which higher rate tax starts) rather than the current # 450,000.

It was powerful because it contained a specific policy idea (capping pension tax relief for the rich) with a vivid critique of the government's plans (the ladder analogy).

He said the government should abandon the 1 % cap and instead raise the money by imposing a cap on tax relief for pension contributions at # 26,000.

So the group calls for relief from two very costly state mandates - a pension system whose costs have spiraled since the stock market crash, and a labor law that ties the hands of management when negotiating contracts.

Robert Whalen, a spokesman for DiNapoli, said the poor performance of the markets in 2007 and 2008 is what led to the spike in pension costs, but stressed that the pension - borrowing was an option to provide «short - term relief» for local governments struggling with a slow recovery.

«As Assembly Minority Leader, I was encouraged to hear the governor put forward priorities that fall in line with a number of Conference proposals, including: pension forfeitures for convicted officials, a Constitutional Convention, greater resources for our State Police and focus on public safety, tax relief for small businesses, tax credits for teachers, and a substantial investment in education.»

ALBANY, NY (03/01/2011)(readMedia)-- CSEA and NYSUT disavow the «preliminary recommendations» of the Governor's Mandate Relief Redesign Team calling for a Tier VI in the state and local government pension system.

Still, Cuomo remains proud of the property tax relief enacted under his administration, including the property tax cap that, while good for taxpayers, has left some local governments and school districts scrambling to constrain spending despite rising health care and pension costs.

Public sector unions can breathe a sigh of relief after last month's state Supreme Court ruling: an Illinois pension reform law that would have cut benefits for existing workers was declared unconstitutional.

And that doesn't even take into account the state's fiscal crisis over how to pay for rising pension and benefit costs — which is sure to further limit any possible financial relief for schools.

Pension tax relief The Treasury was mulling reforms of pensions to end tax relief for higher earners but this was killed off before it was even announced by signs that backbenchers would not let it pass.

The chancellor has faced claims of backing away from major measures after he dropped proposals for a radical overhaul of tax relief for pension contributions.

Paragraphs 23 and 24 of this Ruling, and Examples 1 and 2, indicate that a fund is free to choose which assets are to be removed from the segregated current pension asset pool for CGT relief purposes in order to comply with the new rules.

The trustee may choose CGT relief for any, or all, of its CGT assets because they all stopped being segregated current pension assets on 30 June 2017.

Despite the new TRIS continuing past 1 July 2017, the additional assets that support the increase to the capital supporting the TRIS are not eligible for CGT relief because those assets were not segregated current pension assets at the start of the pre-commencement period.

In this situation, the fund may choose the CGT relief that applies for assets that stop being segregated current pension assets.

Conservatives: Introduce a «tax lock» plan to prohibit federal income tax and sales tax hikes along with increases to payroll taxes such as EI premiums for the next four years; cut EI premiums in 2017 from $ 1.88 to $ 1.49 per $ 100; phase in a new $ 2,000 Single Seniors Tax Credit, providing tax relief of up to $ 300 a year for seniors with pensions starting in January 2017; increase the Child Care Expense Deduction by $ 1,000 for children under age 7 to $ 8,000, to $ 5,000 for kids ages 7 to 16 and to $ 11,000 for children with disabilities.

The reliefs available under this paragraph shall not exceed the reliefs that would be allowed by the other State to residents of that State for contributions to, or benefits accrued under, a pension scheme established in that State.

If instead I put that money towards my pension, I am eligible for corporation tax relief at 20 %, giving me # 12,500 capital to put towards my pension.

In 2011 — 12, this relief has been extended, with the minimum payment for account - based pensions reduced by 25 %.