HORICON Horicon supervisor Matt Simpson said the 2018 budget with its 2.4
cent tax rate increase is very conservative, with the increase due to rising healthcare, expanded roadwork and two more weeks of milfoil harvesting.
Officials in North Palos School District 117 are devising a financial strategy that they hope will lessen the impact of the recently approved 90 -
cent tax rate increase.
In New Lenox, the Public Library District is seeking voter approval of a 13 - cent increase in its tax rate to restore hours of service at the library that were cut after a proposed 15 -
cent tax rate increase was rejected in November.
Tinley Park residents decided in November 1998 that the price for the Park District's first recreation center was too high, so voters rejected a referendum proposal seeking a 12.5
cent tax rate increase to fund the project.
Voters will be asked to approve a five -
cent tax rate increase.
CAROL STREAM — The Carol Stream Park District is beginning to seek support for an April ballot question that will ask voters if they approve of a 7.5 -
cent tax rate increase to pay for maintenance of parks and equipment.
Park District commissioners in Tinley Park voted 3 - 2 Wednesday night to ask voters to approve a proposed 12.5 -
cent tax rate increase to build a recreation center and make other park renovations.
On March 20, the Fox Valley Park District is asking voters in Aurora, North Aurora and Montgomery to approve a 7 -
cent tax rate increase that will generate revenue for maintenance and operations.
We are asking residents to approve a 7 -
cent tax rate increase that will generate revenue for maintenance and operation of existing trails, parks, playgrounds, shelters and facilities.
Not exact matches
RBC's wealth management division reported a 39 per
cent increase in net income to $ 597 million from $ 167 million in the same quarter one year ago, in part reflecting a lower effective
tax rate.
Under this scenario,
increasing the
rate by one percentage point would
increase revenues by one per
cent of the original
tax base.
NDP commitments include a two point cut in the small business
tax rate (already implemented by the Conservatives); extension of the accelerated capital cost allowance for two years (already implemented by the Conservatives (but with a different phase in); an innovation
tax credit for machinery used in research and development; an additional one
cent of gas
tax for the provinces for infrastructure; a transit infrastructure fund;
increased funding for social housing; a major child care initiative; and,
increasing ODA funding to 0.7 per
cent of Gross National Income (GNI).
NDP promises include a two point cut in the small business
tax rate (already implemented in the budget by the Conservatives); extension of the accelerated capital cost allowance for two years (also already implemented by the Conservatives); an innovation
tax credit for machinery used in research and development; an additional one
cent of gas
tax for the provinces for infrastructure; a transit infrastructure fund;
increased funding for social housing; a major child care initiative;
increasing ODA funding to 0.7 per
cent of Gross National Income (GNI); and restoring the 6 % annual escalator to the Canada Health Transfer.
The committee was glad to see no
increase to business
tax rates, however, the budget proposes that the small business
rate will remain at 10.5 per
cent (the
rate was set to decrease to 9 per
cent in 2019).
While we were pleased to learn of the government's September 2017 announcement to cut the small business income
tax rate from 2.5 per
cent to 2 per
cent, we note it was accompanied by an
increase to the general corporate income
tax rate of one percentage point (to 12 per
cent).
Georgia experienced a modest 0.5
cent gas
tax increase on Jan. 1 of 2018; the
rates will be revisited at the end of the year.
(President Clinton's 1993 budget plan, which passed with no Republican votes, took a similar approach by cutting spending and
increasing the top marginal income
tax rate by three per
cent, to 39 per
cent.
Excluding the volatile fresh food component, consumer prices have been flat over the past year, compared with deflation
rates of almost 1 per
cent in recent years, although part of this improvement is attributable to
increases in administered medical prices and tobacco
taxes earlier in 2003.
The measure would effectively
increase Blackstone's
tax rate from fifteen per
cent to thirty - five per
cent, seriously eroding its profitability, and, according to the Joint Committee on Taxation, would generate an extra twenty - six billion dollars over the next ten years.
Eliminating PST exemptions on environmentally friendly products: The B.C. Liberals» HST doublecross resulted in a 7 - per -
cent tax increase on numerous environmentally friendly products, including bicycles and Energy Star
rated appliances and windows.
- Elmhurst Park District: Seeking to
increase the
tax rate to 70.6
cents per $ 100 of assessed valuation from 50.6
cents.
ADDISON — The Addison Park District Board has voted to ask residents for a 12 -
cent increase in the district «s corporate
tax rate on the Nov. 5 ballot.
In Dolton, where the Park District hasn't had an
increase in its
tax rate since 1927, a 15 -
cent increase will be sought for the third time in the last couple of years to help offset the cost of operating the new recreation center.
Blue Island Park District, meanwhile, hopes to get its voters to
increase its
tax rate by 10
cents, so the district can renovate some of its park land and buy new equipment.
In Blue Island, voters defeated a proposed 10 -
cent increase in the Park District's property
tax rate.
Meanwhile, voters in south suburban Midlothian's Park District rejected a 25 -
cent increase in the district's
tax rate for each $ 100 of equalized assessed property valuation.
The net
rate increase of 15
cents would be the first operational
tax increase by the district since it was founded in 1955.
And in Dolton, where the Park District hasn't had an
increase in its
tax rate since its inception in 1927, a 15 -
cent increase is being sought for the third time in the last couple of years to help offset the cost of operating a new recreation center.
One success story came in Waukegan, where the Park District passed a proposal allowing it to upgrade existing facilities and expand recreational programs by
increasing its
tax rate by 25
cents per $ 100 of equalized assessed valuation.
In Kane County, Dundee Township Park District voters rejected a 25 -
cent increase in the corporate fund
tax rate, to 35
cents per $ 100 of assessed valuation.
Voters in the Prospect Heights Park District supported a 25 -
cent increase in the corporate fund
tax rate, to 35
cents per $ 100.
Mt. Prospect Park District voters narrowly rejected a 25 -
cent increase in the corporate
tax rate, to 35
cents per $ 100 of equalized assessed valuation.
In the Elk Grove Park District, voters supported a 15 -
cent increase in the corporate fund
tax rate, to 25
cents per $ 100.
Woodridge 68 - Seeking to
increase the education fund
tax rate to $ 2.43 from $ 2.08 and to
increase the operations and maintenance fund
tax rate to 55
cents from 25
cents.
The proposal to
increase the Park District's corporate
tax rate by 25
cents would allow construction of a second, closer recreation center and aquatic park next to Randall Oaks Park, in West Dundee, Mammoser said.
The Winfield Park District is seeking permission to issue $ 950,000 in bonds to buy park land, and the Elmhurst Park District is seeking to
increase by 20
cents its
tax rate of 50.6
cents.
Addison - Seeking to
increase the library fund
tax rate to 35
cents from 15
cents per $ 100 assessed valuation.
An article in some Oct. 31 editions incorrectly stated that the Addison Park District is seeking a 12 -
cent increase in its
tax rate on the Nov. 5 referendum ballot.
The financial fate of the Addison Park District is in the hands of the voters, and park district officials are hoping they will be generous when it comes to approving a 12 -
cent increase in the
tax rate.
The proposed
increase in the park district
tax rate of 25
cents per $ 100 of equalized assessed valuation would add about $ 52 to the annual
tax bill of a home with a market value of $ 210,000, district officials said.
In March 2008, then - Chancellor Alistair Darling introduced a four year
tax escalator under which the duty
rate on all alcoholic drinks was set to
increase by two per
cent above the
rate of inflation.
«Shifting from VAT to pollution
taxes, cutting the standard
rate of VAT to 15 per
cent, and reducing it to five per
cent for some items, and abolishing road
tax whilst
increasing pollution
taxes on fuel.
The 2011 - 12 budget adopted by the Sagaponack Village Board of Trustees on Monday calls for both a total spending
increase, from $ 556,858 to $ 563,180, and a
tax -
rate decrease, from 8.17
cents per $ 1,000 of assessed income to 6.7
cents.
Mr Osborne announced an
increase in the threshold before workers start paying income
tax to # 8,105, financial support for first - time home buyers, a two per
cent cut to corporation
tax this year, a
tax on private jets, a clampdown on non-doms, the introduction of # 140 flat -
rate state pension, a review into a merger of national insurance and income
tax and a fair fuel stabiliser, including a 1p cut on fuel duty.
Paying off the interest and principal from the borrowing would come from a 10 -
cent increase in the state's gas
tax, half of a percent
increase in the income
tax rate for those who earn between $ 500,000 and $ 2 million and a $ 60 million contribution from New York City in the first year, with an extra $ 60 million added every year to the fifth year, capped at $ 300 million.
«To encourage fuel efficient fleets, we will extend the 100 per
cent first year capital allowance for low emission business cars, reduce the CO2 threshold for the main capital allowance
rates; and
increase the percentage list price of company cars subject to
tax.
That devaluation alone is enough to force a nine
cent increase in the county's property
tax rate.
In December the administration announced that school property
tax rates would
increase by 9.4
cents per $ 100 FMV, or 7 percent.
Assuming that Mr. McGuinty agreed to this trade, the province's highest marginal
rate on personal income would rise, federal and provincial
rates combined, from 46.4 per
cent to 49.4 per
cent — meaning that this
rate would theoretically net $ 247,000 in revenue, a
tax increase for the top 1 per
cent of at least $ 15,000.
For high - income earners living in Alberta, whose
tax rates have
increased dramatically since last year, the impact on their take home pay this month will be much more severe as Alberta's top federal / provincial combined marginal
rate went from 40.25 per
cent in 2015 to 48 per
cent in 2016.