Sentences with phrase «legislating tax»

In the old days, for example, the government responded to high prices by legislating tax breaks for first - time home buyers.

For example, some conservative lawmakers in rural states such as Arkansas, Iowa, Nebraska, and Texas have been pushing back on state efforts to legislate tax credit scholarships or education savings accounts.

According to a table in Reagan's last budget (FY 1990), the cumulative legislated tax increase during his administration came to $ 132.7 billion as of 1988 ($ 367 billion today).

They oversee the remittance and reconciliation of all legislated taxes.

Not exact matches

Without significant increases in corporate taxes and taxes on the wealthy, it is now a virtual certainty that ordinary Canadian families will never enjoy the generous social programs enjoyed by most European families: enhanced maternity leave benefits, livable minimum wages, legislated paid vacation time of up to six weeks a year, genuine unemployment insurance, home care, pharmacare and more.

The Conservatives have already legislated a decrease in the small business tax rate to 9 per cent by 2019.

Just days before that, the Government of Alberta legislated its new carbon tax as the centerpiece of a climate plan that will also transform the province's coal - reliant electricity system into that will also eliminate coal from the province's electricity system in the next 14 years.

Second, very few businesses actually pay the legislated corporate tax rate.

The reason the stock market's going up is very largely the result of the tax cut for the financial and corporate sector that Trump and the Republicans legislated.

If you are a non-resident, you will be subject to a 15 % withholding tax as legislated by Revenue Canada.

While their $ 0 tax liability was legal within the tax code at the time — they were using federally allowed income deductions and tax breaks appropriately — the government was embarrassed and moved quickly to legislate a solution.

With the inability to control, monitor, legislate and print, global governments will always likely oppose cyber currency as a way of evading taxes and their legal system.

The B.C. New Democrats have proposed an environmental plan that would reinvest carbon tax revenue in transit and climate change initiatives, create green jobs, and offer legislated protection for species at risk.

If you can't legislate stupid at least we should at least collect taxes from them.

«Thou shalt not interfere with a woman's right to choose abortion; indeed, thou must help to pay for abortions through tax money; more than that, thou shalt not legislate that the woman contemplating abortion must be fully informed about the potential adoptive parents who desperately want to provide a loving home for her unborn child.»

They don't have the political courage to allow a free vote and legislate on marriage equality, but they have plenty of time for union bashing and tax concessions for the wealthiest.

The reforms announced today make the tax look very similar to the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax the Scottish Government has just legislated ftax look very similar to the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax the Scottish Government has just legislated fTax the Scottish Government has just legislated for.

When we were in Government, we did everything we could to support music and the arts, from supporting creativity in schools to arts funding to tax credits to legislating for the Digital Economy Act.

Presumably the idea is not to legislate top wage rates (which would anyway miss capital incomes, which are proportionately more of top incomes), but to use the tax - benefit system to achieve the ratio.

Last week Rees - Mogg told parliament the EU might «find an incentive to move quite quickly» to legislate to regulate the City and impose a financial transactions tax.

«The proposed amendment to section 9 of article 1 of the Constitution would allow the Legislature to authorize up to seven casinos in New York State for the legislated purposes of promoting job growth, increasing aid to schools, and permitting local governments to lower property taxes through revenues generated.

Such a move would only make already - strained coalition relations frostier after the parties blocked each others» bids to legislate for an EU referendum and dilute the impact of the bedroom tax last month.

The Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG) has welcomed the Government's commitment to legislate on employment intermediaries facilitating false self - employment.

When New Yorkers vote next week, they will see this proposal on the ballot, «The purpose of the proposed amendment to section 9 of article 1 of the Constitution is to allow the Legislature to authorize and regulate up to seven casinos for the legislated purposes of promoting job growth, increasing aid to schools, and permitting local governments to lower property taxes through revenues generated.»

However, pollster Steve Greenberg says that when given the specific wording of the amendment on the ballot in November and asked whether they would vote yes or no to approve an amendment to «allow the Legislature to authorize up to seven casinos in New York State for the legislated purposes of promoting job growth, increasing aid to schools, and permitting local governments to lower property taxes through revenues generated,» 55 percent said yes they would approve it, compared to 42 percent who say no they would not.

55 % would approve the amendment with wording that reads, «allow the Legislature to authorize up to 7 casinos in New York for the legislated purposes of promoting job growth, increasing aid to schools, and permitting local governments to lower property taxes through revenues generated.»

@jackdromeymp @bbcr4today If he never anticipated councils setting Council tax rises at 1.99 % Why did he legislate a 2 % limit Not a loophole

He cited Australia's Parliament, under a conservative coalition elected last year, which last week repealed a two - year - old tax on carbon dioxide emissions — the country's only legislated policy for reducing global warming pollution.

In their simplest form, legislated tuition tax credits would permit those people who send their children to private schools a credit on their income...

The tax legislated by B.C.'s Liberal government last week will apply to foreigners purchasing residential property in Metro Vancouver.

Because of their growth potential and tax - sheltered nature, limitations are legislated to prevent an individual from obtaining too much tax - sheltered growth.

Given the recent decision by the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit to limit the extent of sports wagering in Delaware and the higher gaming tax rates that were recently legislated, we decided not to proceed with this project.

HR 1876 is presently before the House Ways and Means Committee, Congress» most important tax legislating organization.

This is usually how it goes: politician wannabe gets campaign contributions from private sector guy, gets into office, legislates in favor of private sector guy, private sector guy contributes more, politician guy takes vacation in Italy (or goes for a hike on the Appalachian trail)... gets re-elected, the word gets out that he «plays,» more private sector guys contribute to his campaign, voters are pleased to see the name of their representative in print, like the new wardrobe, the new hairstyle, believe all change is good and re-elect the politician again... politician feels the power, creates agency to watch over private sector guy, agency takes fact - finding trip to France... raises taxes on private sector guy, writes legislation that taxes private sector guy if his plant emits CO2 while producing widgets... voters are in awe and re-elect the politician... private sector guy whines, politician makes him ambassador to Taiwan, limits how much the new private guy taking his place can earn, and taxes all widgets so new private guy will make more environmentally friendly ones... voters swoon, pay more for widgets, lose job in widget factory, hate private guy, re-elect their pol... politician buries $ 5 billion aid to Taiwan in next appropriation bill...... kind of makes a case for term limits, doesn't it.

Even if Congress legislates carbon taxes, nothing suggests that EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson will refrain from imposing EPA's anti-hydrocarbon rules on top of them or that the White House and Senate will reject any new U.N. treaty.

Recycling - econimacal and good Reduce energy use - economical and great New and clean energy - has been on its way for decades despite FEAR Taxes and policies to force good people to be better - POOR My very breath a pollutant - LUNACY A system of belief that we can legislate and litigate climate - INSANE

Here in America, this can be done without a legislated carbon tax through an integrated combination of two major anti-carbon measures administered by the EPA.

If one accepts that there is no other practical means of accomplishing this objective but to raise the price of carbon and to restrict its availability, the reality here is that one has to figure out how to do this without the use of a Congressionally - legislated carbon tax, and to do it without violating the Constitution.

This can be done without a legislated carbon tax through an integrated combination of two major anti-carbon measures administered by the EPA.

That did not increase at all the chances of a carbon tax being legislated.

I prefer a carbon tax over legislating cuts in emissions because I believe in the power of markets and human ingenuity to carry out the necessary adaptation with a minimum of cost and disruption.

Energy and Environment: Repudiate the Paris Climate Agreement Defund the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Overturn or at Least Defund the EPA's Clean Power Plan Repeal the EPA's Purloined Power to Legislate Climate Policy Repeal the EPA's Carbon Dioxide Standards for New Fossil - Fuel Power Plants Oppose Carbon Taxes Prohibit Use of Social Cost of Carbon as a Justification for Regulating Emissions Freeze and Sunset the Renewable Fuel Standard Require all Agencies to Meet Rigorous Scientific Standards Address Unaccountable Environmental Research Programs

However, if you read around the world givernments are now legislating that renewable generation be taxed (Germany and Spain are two) and Florida has just passed a law that it is illegal to have an off grid system.

He must then do all the obvious things to get America off fossil fuels including legislating Hansen's tax and dividend.

Unless Congress steps up and legislates on this front (preferably via a carbon tax), it will continue to stand impotently on the sidelines while administrative actors make all of the important decisions for decades to come.

Shultz concluded that robust funding of clean energy research and development, plus a revenue - neutral carbon tax, «starting small and escalating to a significant level on a legislated schedule» would «do the trick» and are the kinds of policies Reagan would advocate to avert climate disaster.

Just as Member States with insurance - based systems can control the individual contribution by legislating to regulate premiums, Member States with national health systems can control that contribution by regulating their taxes.

Areas that the Assembly has no jurisdiction to legislate on — excepted matters — are defined fully in NIA 1998, Sch 2 and include: the Crown; the UK Parliament; Parliamentary elections; the franchise; international relations; defence; nuclear weapons; nationality; immigration; asylum; UK tax law; national insurance contributions; the appointment and removal of judges of the Supreme Court of Judicature of Northern Ireland and other judges; elections; and national security.

It would be a matter for Parliament to legislate prospectively for a specific transitional period, or for HMRC to communicate in clear terms, a final period during which claimed for input tax arising before 1 May 1997 could be made.

European Court of Justice (ECJ), it is for Parliament to legislate prospectively for a specific transitional period, or for HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) to communicate in clear terms, a final period during which claims for input tax arising before 1 May 1997 can be made.