Sentences with phrase «fee hikes as»
This year, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has proposed a $ 1 billion suite of tax and fee hikes as part of an effort to close a $ 4.4 billion shortfall.
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Record companies, on the other hand, want to hike Spotify's fees to as much as 58 % of revenue, though Spotify could gain some leverage by offering labels the opportunity to make some music available only to the streaming service's 30 million paid subscribers.
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.
Democratic lawmakers in the state Senate scoffed at the Republican tax proposals, which come as Cuomo is seeking $ 1 billion in tax and fee hikes in order to close a budget shortfall.
And if you factor in the student loan, the housing ladder and so forth then the fees hike may well have the effect (since the NPV of a degree isn't all that impressive as it is, as far as I'm aware) of disadvantaging some groups relative to, say, plumbers or junior bankers in a way that won't be helpful to society as a whole.
Matt Fernando, a spokesman for the legislative GOP majority released a statement that didn't address fee hikes, but highlighted the caucus» role in previously holding property taxes largely flat and shrinking the workforce: «We intend to advance these taxpayer protective principles as we analyze Mangano's last budget.»
Mangano and Bellone aides have defended the fees as necessary to avoid tax hikes or steep cuts to programs.
It therefore came as a major surprise when news broke of Ghana's Electoral Commission's (EC) objective to hike the fees for candidates intending to file for the positions of President and Parliamentary positions.
«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.
One experienced officer claimed the violence seen outside parliament as MPs voted to back the tuition fees hike was worse than that seen in the Poll Tax riots, Sir Paul claimed.
One MP told politics.co.uk he viewed «huge fee hikes» as unacceptable.
Majority Republicans in the Nassau Legislature voted to strip out $ 60 million in fee hikes proposed by Mangano in his 2018 budget, despite a warning by a state monitoring board that it would reject the budget as unbalanced.
The Long Island Board of Realtors, AAA and government watchdogs such as Reclaim New York on Monday criticized the fee hikes.
Dilan is pushing to hike vehicle document fees, or doc fees, paid by new - car buyers, from its current $ 75 limit to as much as $ 175 for some vehicles.
The Credit Card Act of 2009 granted consumers important protections, such as a limit on fees and restrictions on interest rate hikes.
The first is fairness, since the law was designed to «prohibit certain practices that are unfair or abusive, such as hiking up the rate on an existing balance or allowing a consumer to go over limit and then imposing an over limit fee.»
Tour includes: • Round - trip boat transportation from Drake Bay to Corcovado Sirena Station • 2 nights camping in Corcovado National Park • 2 breakfast & dinner (meals provided camping style) • Entrance fees for 3 days and camping fees • Naturalist guide (English speaking) • Guided hikes during the day and a night walk • Tent & camping equipment as needed
This Indian Nose hike also includes entrance fees, a guide, bottled water and round - trip hotel transport.Add on a trip to the Sacred Hunters Cave as an extra bonus.
Mt. Romelo + Buruwisan Falls Guide complete with hiking tips and other useful information such as budget, itinerary, fees & how to get there.
As a result, many carriers are prepared to hike their fees on all kinds of services that air travelers have come to expect gratis.
As the Internet often does, many publications have taken this subscription fee hike and ran with it.
Carlos founded the «collaborative exhibition» Condo in 2016 partly as a response to the repeated closures of galleries in art centres worldwide, the result of a polarized market wrestling with rent hikes and fair fees.
More than 60 % think the government's move to hike court fees by as much as 600 %, which was agreed by House of Lords yesterday, will damage the competitiveness of the UK's legal sector.
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has hiked pay for its newly qualified lawyers by 26 % as it also introduces flexible working for fee earners.
However, as I looked into it, I see that there are many complaints, including the recent fee hike in Ontario and the fact that there are more graduates than articling spots.
This, coupled with the fact that there is a scarcity of paid positions in social justice, and that tuition fees and student debt continue to hike, students who dreamt of building social justice careers are consistently disempowered and stripped of their happiness as they go through their law school journey.
Probate lawyers have welcomed the government's decision to drop its plans to hike probate court fees from # 155 to as much as # 20,000 for larger estates.
By contrast the Lib Dems promised reviews of the civil legal aid scheme, the court fees hikes, the reforms of the defence market and many of the other «access to justice» policies that they signed up to as part of the Coalition over the previous five years.
There are few issues where the legal profession appears to speak as one but the furore surrounding the court fees hike has certainly galvanized a collective and growing rage against the government.
It's that time of year again; the annual hike in court fees to achieve the oft - stated goal of making the courts pay for themselves or, as some may see it, making the less well - off pay for our civil justice process.