Sentences with phrase «collect less tax revenue»

Governments collect less tax revenue than they would if Aboriginal people earned adequate incomes, and they pay out more in social assistance, other income support payments, and housing subsidies.

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The tax, collected by the Internal Revenue Service, applies to cars — not light trucks — that have combined city and highway fuel economy of less than 22.5 mpg.

Note that since the income tax is one of the most progressive taxes in the federal system, an across - the - board income tax cut that increases every tax filer's after - tax income by the same percentage would tend to make the overall tax system less progressive, because it would collect proportionally less revenue from one of the most progressive sources.

2nd, by adding the rebate program the tax becomes a much less efficient means to collect revenue.

In fact, divide the total revenue collected through the carbon levy by total emissions from big emitters and you've effectively got a carbon tax of less than $ 2 a tonne, not nearly enough to drive down industry emissions.