Sentences with phrase «cap on all benefits of»

As POLITICO New York has previously reported, the amendments increase the benefit offered under the governor's paid family leave proposal to the state's lowest paid workers, but keep in place a cap on benefits of just over $ 500 per week.

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The 2015 Liberal election platform had a proposal to limit the benefits of the 50 % employee stock option deduction by placing a cap of $ 100,000 on annual eligible stock option gains but this was dropped after intense lobbying by startups in the tech and resource industry who rely heavily on non-cash compensation such as stock options to attract much needed, specialized talent to their firms.

That's because the AHCA actually maintains Obamacare's «essential health benefit» provisions requiring insurers to cover services such as maternity and mental health care, as well as a cap on how much consumers can be made to pay out of pocket in any given year.

Other measures include: • remove rule limiting Child Tax Credit (CTC) to one claimant per household (to allow two or more families sharing a house to claim the CTC); • repeal $ 10,000 cap on medical expense tax credit claims made on medical costs incurred for an eligible dependent; • easier access to funds in Registered Disability Savings Plans for beneficiaries with shortened life spans; • improved Employment Insurance benefits to parents of gravely ill, murdered, or missing children; and • enhanced ability to make transfers between individual RESPs, and better access to RESP funds for post-secondary students studying outside Canada.

As an added benefit, regulated utilities are exempt from a provision in the tax law that places a cap on the tax deductibility of interest expense.

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It reduced the cap on borrowing subject to the mortgage interest deduction (MID) from $ 1 million to $ 750,000, and capped deductions for state and local taxes, including property taxes, at $ 10,000.1 These changes, in combination with a doubling of the standard deduction, mean that many homeowners will experience a loss of tax benefits associated with homeownership, and the changes represent a significant shift in the federal government's willingness to promote and subsidize homeownership.

The issue figures to feature prominently in the next federal election, with Liberal Leader Stà © phane Dion arguing the benefits of a carbon tax, while NDP Leader Jack Layton makes the case that cap - and - trade would do a better job of putting the costs on big polluters rather than on low - income families.

One of the larger limitations is an earnings cap, which places a maximum amount on the gross earned wages that you bring home in any one year while still collecting your Social Security benefit.

On more than one occasion, President Barack Obama has proposed capping the tax benefit, on the grounds that too much of the $ 30 billion or so a year in foregone federal taxes ends up in wealthy investors» pocketOn more than one occasion, President Barack Obama has proposed capping the tax benefit, on the grounds that too much of the $ 30 billion or so a year in foregone federal taxes ends up in wealthy investors» pocketon the grounds that too much of the $ 30 billion or so a year in foregone federal taxes ends up in wealthy investors» pockets.

The main benefit of this option is that, if they're able to help, you can pay little to no interest and there is technically no cap on the amount you can borrow, other than the amount of money they make available to you, of course.

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In particular, it benefits those in the 80 - 99th percentiles of earnings; those in top 1 percent tend to benefit less since the existing cap on the deduction limits their benefits relative to income.

Albertans should be worried about the prospect of a cap - and - trade system «cracking down» on the province's industrial sector, while re-distributing revenues to social programs which benefit other regions disproportionately.

Since the election in 2010 the coalition government has placed a cap on the amount of benefits people can receive and introduced the Spare Room Subsidy that means people on housing benefit with more bedrooms than they needed had their benefits cut.

- A fair cap on household benefits - not one that costs more than it saves, and which takes account of housing costs in different parts of the country — with an independent body, like the Low Pay Commission, advising on whether the cap should be higher in high - cost housing areas like London, but potentially lower in other parts of the country;

«We're also looking at the perverse effects of the benefit cap on people and their housing accommodation, particularly in London and the centre of our big cities.

Rt Rev John Packer, Bishop of Ripon and Leeds, comments on plans to cap benefits to the Yorkshire Post

Households in four London boroughs are the first to face the coalition's cap on monthly benefit payments, ahead of a broader national rollout later this year.

Shadow chancellor John McDonnell famously said he would «swim through vomit» to vote against the lower benefit cap in 2015, despite Labour's official stance of abstaining on the bill.

A significant proportion of people view even the cap on benefits as evidence that the government does not care about the vulnerable, and the epithet «the nasty party» still has some resonance.

One example of alternative providers getting a raw deal concerns student intake: whereas public institutions are set to benefit from the removal of the student numbers cap from 2015/16, restrictions on the number of students alternative providers can recruit have been retained at 2012/13 levels or below.

«Nor was there any relief for low and middle earners who, after years of falling living standards, have no spare cash to take advantage of the help for savers, and who now face year on year cuts in benefits for working families as the welfare cap bites.

But the structure of Labour's plans for rail renationalisation and caps on fare increases stand to benefit relatively well - off voters in the south east — a group not generally seen as core to Labour's welfare efforts.

She accepts George Osborne's budget surplus idea and has adopted a clear line on benefit cuts, supporting the Tories» proposed cap of # 23,000 per family.

Those voters seem much less likely than swing voters in the south of England to be attracted to spending - cap politics, and predictably the «Yes» camp has already seized the opportunity to remind those swing Scottish voters in no uncertain terms about the extent of spending cuts (heavily directed on benefits to the working poor and unemployed) that staying in the UK might be expected to entail if George Osborne's plans were implemented.

«Any government that wants to spend more on benefits will have to meet the approval of parliament and held to account by this permanent cap on welfare.»

On 4 October 2010, in a speech at the Conservative conference in Birmingham, Osborne announced a cap on the overall amount of benefits a family can receive from the state, estimated to be around # 500 a week from 201On 4 October 2010, in a speech at the Conservative conference in Birmingham, Osborne announced a cap on the overall amount of benefits a family can receive from the state, estimated to be around # 500 a week from 201on the overall amount of benefits a family can receive from the state, estimated to be around # 500 a week from 2013.

Inflation is spiralling again and benefits rises are capped at 1 % until 2020, on top of the cuts to Universal Credit.

The system would be funded by a payroll deduction of less than $ 1 a week, and the benefit would be capped based on average state wages.

In the days after the Budget, unease grew as Harriet Harman, the party's acting leader, and Chris Leslie, the shadow chancellor, signalled that Labour would not oppose Conservative policies such as the 1 per cent cap on public - sector pay rises for four years and the reduced benefit cap of # 20,000 (# 23,000 in London).

Another choice we've said we'd make differently is on taxation and tuition fees — while under the Conservative - led government banks are benefiting from a 5 per cent cut in corporation tax, — Labour thinks that money would be better used bringing down the cap on tuition fees, to help young people worried about the costs of going to university.

Gov. David Paterson, who threatened to call the Legislature — especially the Assembly — back to Albany this fall in hopes of getting a deal on a property tax cap, said this morning both houses must return earlier than expected if lawmakers want the state to benefit from the $ 26 billion aid bill passed this week in Washington, D.C.

Following up on his 8 - minute web video promoting the benefits of the approved tax cap, Gov. Andrew Cuomo unveiled this afternoon a «citizens guide» to the 2 percent limit on local levies.

For today's the day when the Government extends what is effectively a # 26,000 - a-year cap on the out - of - work benefits that can be claimed by a single household across the whole country.

Combined with caps on housing benefit and significant hikes in social housing rents, poorer families could be chased out of more affluent areas.

The candidate promised to impose an arbitrary cap on the amount of cash he would take from individuals and interests seeking public benefits.

Labour will not contest the Government's latest round of welfare cuts, including the lower household benefits cap and new limits on child tax credits, the party's acting leader has said.

The controversy dominated Prime Minister's Questions earlier following rumours of a possible concession on the housing benefit cap.

«Homeowners and businesses in these communities benefit as the state takes on a larger share of the property tax burden every time local officials keep the tax levy within the cap,» Peters said.

«When you have insecure tenancies, huge cuts to council budgets and caps on housing benefit happening all at once, you form a brutal concoction which leaves thousands of families without a permanent home.

Concerns have already been triggered by the introduction of a # 26,000 cap on housing benefit, but a sell - off of this kind would go much further.

The major policy announcement on free school meals was the obvious move in this direction — as well as being a sop to middle class voters who lost out after cuts to child benefit — but Nick Clegg's speech is full of references to policies which help in day - to - day life: the pupil premium, flexible parental leave, free childcare, a cap on social care costs.

Q: Do you accept the Resolution Foundation analysis that says 60 % of the people affected by the cap on benefit increases are people in work.

It's no good talking home ownership to a core vote where a significant chunk can not afford a house and never will be able to It's no good talking benefit caps when a significant chunk of your core vote, that are in work, are reliant on those benefits.

The bill imposes a 1 % cap on benefit increases (ie, an effective cut) until 2016 and it is a testament to Osborne's ingenuity because it is a piece of legislation that is both apparently popular and opposed by the Labour party.

Harriet Harman's announcement on the Sunday politics yesterday, that Labour would not be voting against the welfare bill, nor would they oppose child tax credit cuts or the Tories new benefits cap, has rightly drawn condemnation from different sections of the Party, and now both Yvette Cooper and Andy Burnham have joined Jeremy Corbyn (who -LSB-...]

Harriet Harman's announcement on the Sunday politics yesterday, that Labour would not be voting against the welfare bill, nor would they oppose child tax credit cuts or the Tories new benefits cap, has rightly drawn condemnation from different sections of the Party, and now both Yvette Cooper and Andy Burnham have joined Jeremy Corbyn (who launched a petition last night) calling for opposition to the child tax credit cut.

• Labour has said that working people will suffer as a result of Osborne's decision to impose a 1 % cap on benefit increases.

The cap on benefits — likely to raise # 300m — is seen as a vote winner but prompted warnings from housing charities of an exodus of the poor from southern inner cities as the 50,000 affected families face benefit cuts worth an average of # 93 a week.