Sentences with phrase «cent of taxpayer»

As a doctor, he never accepted a cent of taxpayer money because he believed it was wrong.

By contrast, as much as 80 per cent of taxpayers in the top 0.01 per cent of income earners were CCPC owners.

Critics of the original proposal argued that income splitting would benefit only about 15 per cent of taxpayers.

Under Labour's plans 95 per cent of taxpayers will be guaranteed no increase in their income tax contributions and everyone will be protected from any increase in personal National Insurance Contributions and VAT.

Statistics Canada's earliest data is from 1968 when about 2 per cent of taxpayers contributed to an RRSP.

At a time in history where most everyone has access to the internet and since all that we as REALTORS own to sell is ourselves — unlike the oil and gas companies — it's beyond absurd that the Competition Bureau of Canada would waste two cents of taxpayers money trying to undermine a ligitimate and valuable Canadian Industry!

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From 2001 to 2011, that study found that fewer than five per cent of Canadian taxpayers in the bottom half of the income scale owned at least 10 per cent of the shares in at least one Canadian - controlled private corporation (CCPC).

Back in the old days, when Uncle Sam swindled his creditors through inflation, he was burning his own taxpayers, since Americans owned over 90 per cent of US debt after World War II.

The negotiation of a «fair» agreement for taxpayers with Quebec's 430,000 public workers, whose payroll absorbed 59 per cent — or $ 37.3 billion — of government spending in 2013 - 14.

The net result was that 81 per cent of middle - class taxpayers saw their taxes rise, and on average pay $ 840 more annually.

The exception is homeowners who were forced to purchase taxpayer - backed mortgage default insurance from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. (CMHC), or its main private sector rival Genworth Canada, because they put down less than 20 per cent of their home's value.

Residents of the district already pay a tax rate of 74 cents per $ 100 of equalized assessed valuation, one of the highest around, and there are questions of what will happen when the number of taxpayers decreases.

Cary Park Director Steve Cherveny said the referendum question will ask taxpayers to support a «25 - cent increase in the corporate fund,» which translates into an increase of $ 116 in property taxes for the owner of a $ 150,000 house.

The leader of the Liberal Democrats said the cut in the rate of VAT to 15 per cent, which cost taxpayers # 12.5 billion, should have been used to fund a green investment programme instead.

While full reimbursement is clearly preferable, tax relief on employment expenses at least returns a fraction (20 per cent, 40 per cent or 45 per cent, depending on whether the employee is a basic, higher or additional rate taxpayer) of the cost of the expense to the employee.

It means, in a finely balance case, a GAAR Panel or court might be more lenient towards the taxpayer because of the harsh consequences of the 60 per cent of the tax at stake penalty.

We have committed nearly # 1.5 bn of taxpayers» money to go to Arts Council England (ACE) over the next four years, with the budget for funding arts organisations, ACE's core business, reduced by less than 15 per cent.

And he backed a «straightforward» ten per cent levy on the profits of all banks which had benefited from taxpayers» money.

Reports on the Audit Service's website (www.ghaudit / org) show that by 2014, under President Mahama, over GH cents 5 billion of taxpayers» money spent could not be accounted for and nothing has been done by the Mahama Government to trace and retrieve these funds.»

Despite increased fines and publicity, around a million registered SA taxpayers failed to file on time this year — nearly 10 per cent of all SA taxpayers.

MPs have warned taxpayers are likely to be forced into paying 95 per cent of the overspend, leaving officials at City Hall keen to move on from the disastrous PPP as a result.

Matthew Elliott, chief executive of the TaxPayers» Alliance, said it would be «completely inappropriate» for MPs to approve a 2.56 per cent pay rise.

«Not a cent of this cost will come from the pockets of our Rockland taxpayers,» the County Executive said.

The defunct contract between BoG and Sibton is said to be in the region of GH cents 4.5 billion while the new contract with GhIPSS is to cost the taxpayer some $ 4.6 million.

On WBFO's Press Pass, Howard Owens, publisher of the The Batavian.com, makes sense of a dollars - and - cents issue for local taxpayers.

Again, in December 2017, it emerged that the Ministry for Special Development and Initiatives had budgeted GH cents 800,000 of taxpayers» money to build a new website.

«Since 2009, taxpayer funding for teaching and learning has increased by 71 per cent, twice the rate of growth in the economy,» Mr Birmingham said.

The effect of the planned changes is expected to grow direct funding to universities for teaching, learning and research from $ 10.7 billion in 2017 by 8 per cent to $ 11.5 billion in 2021, and taxpayer - backed student loans paid to universities from $ 6.4 billion to $ 7.4 billion, meaning a total funding increase of 11 per cent, if universities maintained their current enrolment patterns.

Drugs for Type II Diabetes alone, a condition linked directly to obesity and unhealthy lifestyles, now accounts for 8.4 per cent of the NHS medicines bills, a cost of # 725 million a year of taxpayer's money.

That is not surprising considering that the Department of Education reports that the program costs taxpayers 21 cents for every dollar in PLUS loans borrowers repay through it.

Meriden spends $ 14,018 per student and its taxpayers pay nearly 41 cents of every dollar in the city's education budget (amounting to $ 5,423 per student).

Stamford spends $ 18,570 per student and its taxpayers pay nearly 86 cents of every dollar in the city's education budget (amounting to $ 14,919 per student).

New Britain spends $ 13,391 per student and its taxpayers pay nearly 32 cents of every dollar in the city's education budget (amounting to $ 4,002 per student).

Windham spends $ 18,372 per student and its taxpayers pay nearly 27 cents of every dollar in the city's education budget (amounting to $ 6,452 per student).

New London spends $ 16,753 per student and its taxpayers pay nearly 30 cents of every dollar in the city's education budget (amounting to $ 4,635 per student).

New Haven spends $ 18,091 per student and its taxpayers pay nearly 28 cents of every dollar in the city's education budget (amounting to $ 4,213 per student).

Norwich spends $ 16,622 per student and its taxpayers pay nearly 43 cents of every dollar in the city's education budget (amounting to $ 6,747 per student).

The Baltimore City school administrators who never raised a cent on their own and could never claim «I built that» even if it came to a teachers» lounge, recently wasted over $ 500,000 in public funds (that's taxpayer money) on expensive local hotel suites, lavish dinners and even wings at Hooters for students «because that was what they wanted,» and The Sun was so outraged by their indefensible waste of taxpayer money that it was called a «distraction» in an editorial.

Further, none of Idaho's public charter schools receive one cent from local taxpayers for facilities or supplemental levies.

For the 40 per cent taxpayer, opting for an ST - Line Edition powered by a 148bhp 2.0 TDCi diesel will bring buyers savings of # 720 over three years.

Expect a Benefit - in - Kind rate of 24 per cent, which means a tax bill of # 3,138 for higher rate taxpayers.

Taking the 3.0 TDV6 Autobiography as a company car would mean BIK rates of 37 per cent and an annual tax cost for a 40 per cent taxpayer of around # 14.5 k (# 16.5 k for a 45 per cent taxpayer).

The ninety - nine cent price of a fast - food hamburger simply doesn't take account of that meal's true cost — to soil, oil, public health, the public purse, etc., costs which are never charged directly to the consumer but, indirectly and invisibly, to the taxpayer (in the form of subsidies), the health care system (in the form of food - borne illnesses and obesity), and the environment (in the form of pollution), not to mention the welfare of the workers in the feedlot and the slaughterhouse and the welfare of the animals themselves.

The good news is that, as a self - employed taxpayer (or their spouse or partner), you actually have until June 15, 2018 to file your return; however, any taxes owing for 2017 must still be paid by April 30, 2018 to avoid non-deductible arrears interest, charged at the current prescribed rate of 6 per cent.

One of the ways that we help students and families achieve their financial dream is by underwriting the financial education program, Financial Cents, and offering it at no cost to students, schools or taxpayers.

The successive Kathleen Wynne government went a step further: in the 2014 budget, it increased personal income tax rates on the top two per cent of Ontario taxpayers.

The owners of bad assets should risk their equity before taxpayers put up one red cent.

The net result was that 81 per cent of middle class taxpayers saw their taxes rise, and on average pay $ 840 more annually.

This could put taxpayers in an over-contribution situation and subject them to a penalty tax of one per cent per month on the amount of their over-contribution.

Without changes, the Social Security Trust Fund will be exhausted by 2034 and there will be enough money to pay only about 79 cents for each dollar of scheduled benefits at that time, declining to 74 cents by 2090 (based on the current formula).1 This is a reminder that taxpayers are ultimately responsible for funding their own retirements and that their future Social Security benefits may be lower than indicated by the Retirement Estimator.