Sentences with phrase «cent fee as»

«Most objectionable is that the law was drafted so that merchants keep the five cent fee as profit, instead of the money being used to solve the problem of plastic bags» environmental impact — essentially amounting to a $ 100 million per year windfall to merchants,» he said.

He said the city law was deeply flawed because it allowed merchants to keep the 5 - cent fee as profit.

Not exact matches

«(With an alternative lender), the interest rates are higher, the qualifying rate is higher than if you were going with a traditional bank and they are going to charge one per cent of the mortgage amount (as a lender's fee) for closing, so that means your closing costs increase.»

Just as Torontonians were getting used to shelling out 5 cents for plastic bags, Mayor Rob Ford — possibly angered by having to carry so many nickels and unwilling to suffer the indignity of paying for a reusable shopping bag — put forth a motion to do away with the city's plastic - bag fee as of July 1.

Betterment, its biggest competitor, offers a management fee as low as 0.15 per cent, so both are below the roughly two per cent most traditional financial advisors charge.

Finance Minister Carole James says only five per cent of businesses will be paying the full tax rate and those covering the existing health premiums for their employees will see savings as the fees are cut in half and then eliminated.

Bill Me Later typically collects 15 cents and a 1.5 percent transaction fee on every sale and, as you might guess, bills the customer later.

Transaction fees on the network are as low as 0.03 cents, making it perfect for day to day commerce.

Back then, total taxes and fees as a percentage of GDP never rose above 38.1 per cent of the economy.

Tuition — Students have found their tuition rates double under the B.C. Liberal government, and despite a two - per - cent cap on rates, the Clark government was directing universities to institute new mandatory fees on students as a way to get around it.

This means that other than BMI's operating expenses, which are approximately 12 cents on every dollar, all of the money collected from licensing fees is paid out as royalties to songwriters.

It is understood that UniSuper negotiated an 80 per cent reduction in the management fees as well as a 15 per cent discount on the purchase price.

Beverage suppliers will pay for the refunds as well as the scheme's handling and administrative fees, with a ten - cent hike in soft drink prices expected to be passed on to consumers.

The chairman for the Referees Appointment Committee, Eddie Doku, has given the clearest indication that the 48 Division One League clubs will be compelled to pay GH cents 10,000 as an officiating fee if the League does not get a headline sponsor before the start of the 2017/18 season.

The contract calls for Aramark to be paid a management fee of $ 7,500 and for it to keep 6 cents from the price of each school lunch, the same amounts as in the prior contract.

Even with fees for text messages as low as 10 cents each, that can quickly add up if you have an average kid that sends 10 to 20 text messages a day.

The onetime fee for first - year students for the 2017/2018 academic year as approved by GES for public SHS costs GH cents 435.00 and GH cents 438.00 for day and boarding students respectively.

Afade also took GH cents 400 from the victim as agent fee.

Those include a tax on vapor products, a 2 - cent per milligram tax on opioid prescriptions framed as a way to combat the heroine addiction epidemic, and a «windfall profit fee» on health insurance companies.

But as the Government has trebled tuition fees, the number of people applying higher education in the creative arts at university fallen by 16 per cent.

ALBANY — Looking to boost bus service, a state senator has proposed that ride - sharing services — such as Lyft and Uber — be permitted to operate in Nassau County if they collect a 50 - cent - per - ride fee that would go to a dedicated NICE bus fund.

As the Republican - controlled Senate Tuesday prepares to vote on legislation that would block New York City from enacting a five - cent fee on plastic bags, an environmental group is urging the Legislature to let the surcharge take effect.

The EC on September 8, 2016 announced the filing fees for presidential and parliamentary candidates at GH cents 50,000.00 and GH cents 10,000.00 respectively; an amount the party has described as «arbitrary, capricious and unreasonable.»

Parliamentary aspirants for the upcoming general elections are expected to pay GH cents 10,000 as filling fees; the amount ten times what was charged for the 2012 general elections; GH cents 1,000.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — As the state legislature debated a bill to stop New York City from putting a 5 cent fee on plastic shopping bags, it wasn't just downstate interests that were watching closely.

«Supporters of New York City's pending five - cent - per - carryout - bag fee pitch the levy as environmentally sound, saving the City from a perceived scourge of plastic shopping bags,» Potrikus wrote.

«There's little pleasure in being right, especially as we saw a drop in student applications of almost ten per cent this year following the massive hike in fees,» said Hunt.

Some highlights of the budget include a 45 cent increase in the cigarette tax, a 25 cent fee on ridesharing services such as Uber and Lyft, and a reduction of the state's earned income tax credit for low - income workers.

As you know, there were only 10 Democratic Senators, together with myself, who joined the Republicans in the Senate to support a bill sponsored by Senator Simcha Felder, to reject the City of New York's five cents (5 cents) per plastic bag fee to shoppers in the five boroughs.

Aspirants paid a non-refundable application fee of GH cents 10,000 for the National Chairman position, Vice Chairman — GH cents 8,000, General Secretary — GH cents 6,000, special organs such as Women Organiser and NASARA coordinator positions - GH cents 3,000, while all other positions paid GH cents 5,000.

Universities will receive 40 per cent less, as funding is transferred from central government to graduates through higher tuition fees.

Mr Asuming announced that the assembly had paid an amount of Gh cents 12, 400 as school fees for 83 people with disability in the district during the 2017/2018 academic year.

The governor and the Legislature should not pass a law that undermines more effective local measures such as Suffolk County's new 5 - cent bag fee, which is working well.

The state Assembly has put forward a congestion pricing plan as part of its budget that includes a $ 2.75 fee for ride hail cars, limousines and black cars for each trip below 96th Street, $ 1 for trips above 96th Street and a 50 - cent fee for yellow taxis and green cab street hails below 96th Street.

As part of Mayor Mike Spano's State of the City address, he included a 5 cent plastic bag «impact fee.»

The bill, first introduced in August 2013, would place a fee of at least five cents on each plastic and paper bag given to customers at bodegas, pharmacies and take - out joints, as well as other establishments.

Those 80 per cent of us who can't afford to pay for the education of our children twice - through fees as well as taxes - have no choice but state schooling.

Considering trial fee as low as 99 cents, this offer was a steal for me.

Only 17 per cent of parents approached felt that extension of free nursery provision was a priority, while 28 per cent considered a reduction in university tuition fees from # 9,000 per year to # 6,000 per years as a leading preference.

Of those likely to go to university, when asked to consider their biggest concern about the cost of going into HE, 46 per cent say they are most worried about tuition fees of up to # 9,000 a year, with 18 % citing that they have to repay student loans for up to 30 years and 16 per cent the cost of living as a student.

The research ranks Victorian schools VCE results of similar or «like» private and public schools and median score, per cent of 40 + scores, total government (Federal and State) funding per student as shown on the MySchool website and Year 12 fees found on individual school websites.

Despite increased costs, ISC schools raised their fees just 3.6 per cent last year — the lowest rise since 1994 — as part of their commitment to controlling fees and amid fears that greater increases might turn parents away.

But 2,000 respondents to an Ipsos MORI survey have faith in the capacity of comprehensive schools to enable social mobility, with 47 per cent backing high - quality schools over other educational alternatives, such as lowering tuition fees, to help poor pupils.

Seventy - one per cent of headteachers said they had increased the amount spent on agency supply teachers in the past three years, with 53 per cent citing difficulties recruiting permanent teachers as a factor and 54 per cent blaming increased agency fees.

The lower end of that range is because the retailer has to make its fee as well, and providing authors with almost seventy cents on a 99 - cent ebook leaves them making little to nothing on the sale of an ebook.

On top of that, our favorite elephant in the room, Amazon, deducts fifteen cents per megabyte from every royalty payment as a «transport fee.»

The worst thing is that, as with the Kindle Owners» Lending Library (which also requires participation in the KDP Select programme), there is not a flat fee paid to the author for each book read, but instead there's a pot of money chosen by Amazon (at the moment $ 2million, as a promotional thing — normally closer to $ 1million, but offered at their discretion; they could make it ten cents if they wanted) which is split between all the authors according to the proportions in which their books are borrowed.

Kindle offers a 70 % royalty on books with a list price of $ 9.99, so the royalty on a $ 9.99 e-book can be as high as $ 6.99 (it will be somewhat lower due to the 15 cents per Mb delivery fee).

However, transfering points can still be an excellent value, as transferred points can be worth as much as 1.2 cents each — a 14 % increase in value after accounting for the fee.

With only approximately $ 600 as a margin deposit, you could go long 1 corn futures contract with your Altavest Worldwide Trading, Inc. broker and if the price of the corn contract rose 30 - cents, you would reap the same dollar reward... $ 1,500... earning 250 % on margin, (less fees & commissions).