Sentences with phrase «increasing taxation on»

He is also supporting a contentious conference motion that calls on Lib Dem ministers to look into the «viability and practicalities of increasing taxation on wealth - including land values».

Labour's shadow chancellor Alan Johnson suggested before the speech that the implied cut to capital spending of 33 % could be halved by increasing taxation on banks and implementing a hike in capital gains tax.

Mr Lansley said measures such as increased taxation on alcohol negated the fundamental need to underline individual responsibility and claimed no discernable benefits had been derived from the controversial 24 - hour drinking laws.

Why doesn't the Gates Foundation, instead of giving funds to the American Legislative Exchange Council, which never met a tax it didn't hate, support a campaign to increase taxation on the wealthy, to pay for education and anti-poverty programs?

Not exact matches

Examples of such projects providing marginal benefits are: improving financial reporting systems through better information technology, minor tweaks to supply chain logistics, cutting back on marketing or increasing low - cost advertising (like social media), «rationalization» of head count, holding average wages as low as possible, squeezing suppliers a little bit, not repatriating earnings to stave off taxation, refinancing rather than retiring debts, and the share buyback that is insensitive to a company's current stock price.

These include reducing personal income tax rates and increasing the GST rate; undertaking a review of the Equalization program to reduce regional disparities and eliminating regionally - differential employment insurance rules; leveling the retirement savings playing field; adopting a formal corporate taxation regime; taxation of interest payments received from active business income of foreign affiliates; and examination of tariffs on imported manufactures and products.

«We were particularly encouraged to see fiscal discipline in light of the continued economic uncertainty seen elsewhere in Canada and the world, the establishment of a commission on tax competitiveness to evaluate current taxation instruments like the provincial sales tax, and proposed changes to the property transfer tax to start addressing housing affordability by increasing the exemption threshold and introducing a third tax rate on higher - valued properties.»

Citing potentially increased spending and reduced taxation under the Trump administration, the minutes suggest that the Fed may act more aggressively to keep a lid on inflation.

However, we will remain vigilant on possible changes to the capital gains tax, the taxation of stock options, and additional personal and business tax increases.

My own view is that once we agree on a vision of what we want that can replace that of ever increasing production, it will be possible to establish overall policies of land use and taxation that will reduce the need for detailed regulation of the market.

Australia's fifth - largest winemaker Australian Vintage, owner of the McGuigan and Tempus Two labels, managed a 24 per cent increase in earnings before interest and taxation to $ 29.3 million despite the impact of the Australian dollar on its export earnings.

In the developed economies in particular, where low growth rates driven by macroeconomic issues, as well as the threat of increase regulation and taxation on sugared drinks and alcoholic beverage, means beverage manufacturers rely on partners to provide the innovations to facilitate growth.

Substantial increase in taxation generally, including on the lowest paid?

So on personal taxation, we want to see a «triple - lock», where all tax bands increase each year by the highest of consumer price inflation, earnings growth or 2.5 %.

Talking of reduction or complete removal of taxes, as Akufo - Addo is promising Ghanaians, I remember how when in 1995 Jerry Rawlings wanted to introduce the Value Added Tax (VAT) on goods and services into our taxation system to increase the tax net and by that the tax revenue, Nana Akufo - Addo led massive «KUM PR3KOO» demonstrations against government in which some unfortunate demonstrators died, compelling government to withdraw the VAT, barely four months after its introduction.

Malliotakis also said this taxation would result in unfair increases in item costs nationwide and allow the government to retain lists of names and addresses of people who buy items online, which she called an intrusion on an individual's privacy.

Review of options to increase capacity and improve performance on the A14, some of which could be part funded through tolling - CIHT believe that Road pricing offers a solution; a shift away from taxation to charges at the point of use and the opportunity to attract private sector to the potential revenue streams available from tolling

«All of us need to start to think about how in this country we can achieve positive changes in behaviour without having to have an endless succession of laws by government, whether it is alcohol disorder zones or whatever it may be, or what will come after it which will be hefty increases in taxation on alcohol.»

And, while this is a long way off, shows that a GOP challenger in 2014 against Cuomo will have a difficult time trying to devise a line of attack on fiscal and taxation issues, unless the Democratic governor forces through a tax increase in the next three years.

Senate Republicans have not yet signed on to the minimum wage increase, while Assembly Democrats are seeking a more progressive taxation structure that puts millionaires in a higher tax bracket.

It still worries me that Osborne hasn't got the hang on how to create economic activity, growth, and increased revenues through lower taxation.

He says, for example he and the legislature cut Medicaid spending but increased health care coverage, and agreed on a «fair» taxation plan where those that earn more, pay more.

«We are told by the Tory leadership that it's too early to say what a Conservative government will do on public spending but it's not — apparently — too early to say we'll accept increases in taxation.

Those on the Labour backbenches most concerned about variable fees and the dangers of marketisation would have found it harder to vote down a progressive taxation reform to pay fairly for increased university access.

In other words if you want people to spend 50 billion a year on increasing efficiency, if your incentive for this is exclusively green taxation, you will have to impose green taxes of much more than 50 billion a year, perhaps 100 billion or 150 billion a year.

With ever increasing laws and regulations on not only the taxation of cigarettes, but bans on public usage, vaping is becoming a go - to method for smokers.

Elsewhere in the book, however, former treasury secretary Summers reminds readers that any returns of the Krueger program would need to be balanced against the cost of forgoing other policies, within education and beyond, and against the drag on the economy due to increased taxation.

For instance, income is 100 % taxable at your marginal rate (which increases as your income increases), where as interest income (on, say, bonds) is also subject to 100 % taxation at your marginal tax rate.

They rely on increased taxation, and the willingness of the courts to enforce pension promises.

Danger of Undermining Emissions Mitigation Efforts If politicians are led to believe that a low - cost technological fix can reduce or eliminate the need for politically difficult actions such as increasing the cost of carbon by cap and trade schemes or taxation, going against the wishes of powerful fossil energy corporations, and getting countries all around the world to agree on climate goals, it is likely to undermine their resolve to deal with the underlying cause of the problem by reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

What is verifiable, is the introduction of an ETS will have no effect on GHG emission levels, although an ETS will do what it is suppose to do, and that is is to increase taxation revenues along with the profits of corporates» and traders.

So if fossil fuel combustion produces byproducts that cause negative health effects on third parties as well as changes in the temperature of the atmosphere, the obvious lesson from economics is to increase fossil fuel prices enough through taxation to account for these effects.

Rather, the proposal allows the Tories to highlight opposition positions on taxation — specifically, the Liberals plan to raise taxes on upper - income earners and the NDP's promise to increase the corporate tax rate.

com GLOBAL REPORT ON FOOD CRISES FINDS THAT IN 2017 MAJOR FAMINES WERE PARTLY AVERTED BUT FOOD SECURITY REMAINS CRITICAL FAIR TAXATION: COMMISSION PUTS IN PLACE FIRST EU COUNTER-MEASURES ON LISTED NON-COOPERATIVE TAX JURISDICTIONS development assistance and peace building sup - port in an integrated way — and thereby increasing the resilience of people and communities in part - ner countries.

Globally, the dominant economic intervention affecting food pricing is national taxation on food to raise general revenue.17, 18 In Australia, the basic foods required to maintain health were mostly exempted from the Goods and Services Tax (GST), and the price of these foods was expected to fall after the introduction of the new tax system in 2000.19 However, in Queensland from 2000 to 2001, the price of a basket of healthy foods increased by 12 %, more than twice that of less healthy options.20 This highlights the unpredictability of complex economic systems and the need for rigorous testing of economic solutions to increase access to healthy food.18 Such testing is imperative within remote communities, but baseline data are not readily available as Australia lacks a comprehensive food and nutrition monitoring and surveillance system.