Although this means
budget reductions of about nine percent over four years, Cameron says that funding is still available for all research areas.
An appropriations bill President Clinton vetoed in December would hit the nea with
a budget reduction of about 40 percent, providing $ 99.5 million for fiscal 1996, compared with $ 162.3 million last year.
In the Duval school district in Florida, for example, moving to a four - day week produced only a 0.7 % savings, yet that resulted in
a budget reduction of $ 7 million.
Everything is facing
a budget reduction of $ 1.2 million from 2009 - 10 to 2012 - 2013.
Because the majority of our current budget is devoted to two core areas (staffing costs and information resources), it is not possible to absorb
a budget reduction of this size without affecting these two areas.
Not exact matches
After some early, desultory efforts, Martin found his footing and reeled out a handful
of budgets built around themes such as deficit fighting, education, innovation and tax
reduction that set the country on sound fiscal footing and gave it political direction and policy focus for the better part
of a decade.
Republicans struck on a Congressional
Budget Office (CBO) report that projected that Obamacare would lead to a
reduction of 2.5 million full - time equivalent jobs in the workforce.
Through a combination
of $ 1 billion from the sale
of GM shares, a $ 2 billion
reduction in the contingency fund and $ 1.8 billion taken out
of Employment Insurance (a holdover from
Budget 2014), the federal government was able to turn a modest deficit into a $ 1.4 billion surplus.
Despite the stagnant growth
of the economy, France will meet
budget deficit
reduction targets.
If that $ 3.2 billion was significantly lower than what DoD normally gets for submarines, it would take seven years for the full effect
of those
budget reductions to show in the real economy.
The cuts (plus the lack
of commensurate
budget reductions) would add $ 6 trillion more to the national debt relative to baseline projections.
In the last federal
budget, Natural Resources Canada was allocated $ 2.5 million over the next two years to study regional clean energy cooperation, with the aim
of identifying «the most promising electricity infrastructure projects with the potential to achieve significant greenhouse gas
reductions.»
The forecast also reflects the ongoing impacts
of measures announced in the 2012
Budget to freeze the Business Education Tax
reduction plan.
[105] On January 8, 2008, to address ongoing structural
budget issues, Governor Corzine proposed a four - part proposal including an overall
reduction in spending, a constitutional amendment to require more voter approval for state borrowing, an executive order prohibiting the use
of one - time revenues to balance the
budget and a controversial plan to raise some $ 38 billion by leasing the Garden State Parkway, the New Jersey Turnpike, and other toll roads for at least 75 years to a new public benefit corporation that could sell bonds secured by future tolls, which it would be allowed to raise by 50 % plus inflation every four years beginning in 2010.
Using the sensitivity analysis provided by the Department
of Finance in the April
Budget, a reduction in real economic growth of 0.6 percentage point would result in deterioration in the budget balance of approximately $ 2.5 billion in 2015
Budget, a
reduction in real economic growth
of 0.6 percentage point would result in deterioration in the
budget balance of approximately $ 2.5 billion in 2015
budget balance
of approximately $ 2.5 billion in 2015 - 16.
We're seeing a lot
of proposals in Congress that aren't accompanied by a lot
of thought or analysis
of what impact a deep cut in travel
budgets could have,» such as a
reduction in services for taxpayers and for veterans, and fewer job - related conferences.
The Update incorporates the October average private sector economic forecasts and an increased «adjustment for risk» for 2011 - 12 to 2013 - 14, as well as an increase in employment insurance rates
of only 5 cents (employee rate) for 2012, rather than the 10 cents set in legislation As a result, the balanced
budget target is delayed from 2014 - 15 to 2016 - 17, prior to the inclusion
of the Targeted Strategic and Operating Review Savings (now called «Deficit
Reduction Action Plan Saving Target»).
The required administrative savings will, therefore, result in an offsetting
reduction in the lapse adjustment, which the Department
of Finance did not take into account in
Budget 2010.
Have you considered this important possibility, since most
of the
budget cost
of the reform comes from the corporate rate
reduction?
Despite the unforeseen fall in oil prices in 2014, the Conservative government, with a lot
of slight
of hand (
reduction in contingency reserve, selling GM shares at fire sale prices, optimistic economic and oil price assumptions), produced a
budget that financed all
of its pre-election promises, while still leaving a surplus
of $ 1.4 billion in 2015 - 16 rising to $ 4.8 billion in 2019 - 20.
Past achievements include building the case for deficit
reduction in the 1980s and early 1990s, for consolidation
of the Canada and Quebec Pension Plans in the late 1990s, a series
of shadow federal
budgets and fiscal accountability reports in that began in the 2000s, and work on marginal effective tax rates on personal incomes and business investment, which has laid the foundation for such key changes as sales tax reform, elimination
of capital taxes, and corporate income tax rate
reductions.
Part
of this
reduction could be due to the measures announced in the March 2012
Budget while part may also be attributable to the expenditure
reductions announced in previous
budgets.
The Senate
budget resolution calls for significant deficit
reduction that would put debt as a share
of GDP on a downward path, but the most likely part
of the
budget to be acted on would widen deficits even further.
One - eighth
of this total, or $ 178 billion, comes from the macroeconomic effects
of the
budget's deficit reduction, as estimated by the Congressional Budget O
budget's deficit
reduction, as estimated by the Congressional
Budget O
Budget Office.
The Senate
budget gets most
of its net deficit
reduction from mandatory spending.
In fact, many
of the descriptions are not related to the planned
reductions at all, but rather to how much more money the Government has provided in past
budgets.
Ironically, the day prior to Mr. Flaherty's
budget, his Conservative counterpart in the UK, Chancellor
of the Exchequer George Osborne, brought down a
budget that bore many similarities to Canada's, such as its preoccupation with deficit and debt
reduction.
The required administrative savings will, therefore, result in an offsetting
reduction in the lapse adjustment, which the Department
of Finance did not take into account in either the 2010 or 2011
Budgets.
Similar to the House, the
budget assumes $ 1.4 trillion
of savings from economic growth, $ 178 billion
of which they attribute to CBO's estimate
of the economic benefit
of deficit
reduction.
* Speaking
of autopay, it's a good idea to get it set up as soon as makes sense for your
budget, as you'll receive a 0.25 percent interest rate
reduction for any Direct Loans you're repaying.
The President
of the Treasury Board indicated that, given that the Main Estimates are being tabled before the
Budget, the Main Estimates for 2012 - 13 would not include the impact
of any
of the upcoming proposed spending
reductions.
The only thing the 2011
budget will likely be remembered for is that it may trigger an excuse to call an election, because
of a 1.5 percentage point
reduction in the corporate tax rate; a trivial economic reason, but, for some, an important political reason.
Even if all
of the spending and tax -
reduction measures announced in the 2015
budget were cancelled — and no opposition party has yet gone so far as to promise that — that still would not be enough revenue to prevent a return to deficit.
Greece is already managing to beat some
of its deficit -
reduction targets, as figures released Wednesday show that its central
budget deficit for the first two months
of 2012 had shrunk by more than half compared with the same period last year.
The
reductions are in the order
of 12 %
of a $ 20 billion
budget.
Opinion: The B.C. NDP's changes in the
budget update still fall short
of what is needed for the province to meet its emissions
reduction targets
The Saskatchewan Party government announced a 3.5 % wage
reduction to public sector employee compensation in last year's
budget, amounting to a projected savings
of $ 250 million, but that plan does not appear in this year's
budget.
«A
reduction in gas prices and grocery deflation will help customers stretch their
budgets, but they're still trying to absorb a 2 % payroll tax cut, uncertainty over Washington, and a lack
of clarity around personal health care costs that are all headwinds,» Mr. Simon said.
The 2015 federal
budget's
reduction of the mandatory minimum withdrawals from registered retirement income funds (RRIFs) and similar tax - deferred accounts will reduce the risk that many Canadians will outlive their savings.
The planned Departmental savings in
Budget 2012 consist
of two major components — «
reductions in departmental spending» and «updating defence capital funding».
Within budgetary revenues, personal income taxes were virtually unchanged, as gains in employment income subject to tax were offset the impact
of the
Budget 2016 tax
reductions.
This been accomplished in several ways: 85 % have scaled back on their exploration and development plans; 68 % have reduced their marketing and investor relations
budget; 60 % have already begun laying off existing employees; 40 % have implemented organization - wide hiring restrictions; 34 % noted a
reduction or elimination
of incentive pay; and 32 % have made salary cuts.
The 37 tariff
reductions on sporting equipment and baby clothes in
Budget 2013 received a great deal
of attention.
The
reduction in spending on the environment began before the
budget of 2012, and will continue after 2015 according to the latest budgetary estimates provided by the departments and agencies concerned.
The
budget calls for tax reform that largely mirrors the House GOP's «Better Way» plan, though it does not mention much
of the aspects that would pay for the changes in «Better Way» or other ways to make up for the revenue loss from the rate
reductions it calls for.
In addition, there are material expenditures missing from the operating
budgets going forward, such as the Golden Ears bridge toll fees removal in year two and beyond, the one - third replacement cost
of the Pattullo bridge (which was to be funded by tolls) and the second 50 %
of the promised 100 % MSP premiums
reduction.
In the April 2015
Budget, the Conservative government committed to allocating any unused portion
of the risk adjustment factor to debt
reduction.
Personal income taxes were $ 1.3 billion higher (up 1.7 %), as gains in employment income subject to tax more than offset the impact
of the
Budget 2016 tax
reductions.
The FY 2017
budget resolution demanded only a paltry $ 2 billion
of deficit
reduction over an entire decade; that's just $ 200 million per year when we are facing looming trillion - dollar deficits.
If it is spent on something that uses up as much or more energy per dollar as the original
reduction, nothing has been gained in the energy
budget at large (though this person may now own a more desirable mix
of goods and services than before).