Sentences with phrase «local government revenue sharing»

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The government has already promised 100,000 pounds in compensation funding for local communities as well as a share of revenue raised from shale gas sales.

Cuomo proposed using some of a $ 4 billion surplus, which he acknowledged was a «one - shot» revenue source from numerous financial settlements, on infrastructure spending, education and for helping local governments find ways to share services as part of an overall economic development boost for the upstate region.

While highlighting some of the unhelpful provisions in the Constitution, Governor Ambode attributed the imbalance in the financial resources of States and Local Governments to the current unhealthy revenue sharing formula which is heavily tilted in favour of the Federal Government.

«We agree with suggestions that the assignment of an appropriate share of revenue of the tax collected to Scotland, while not providing the total accountability nor the kinds of powers for specific policy objectives the Scottish Government seeks, does provide an indirect advantage to Scotland in that greater economic growth as a result of local policies would increase revenue.

ttributed the imbalance in the financial resources of States and Local Governments to the current unhealthy revenue sharing formula which is heavily tilted in favour of the Federal Government.

Local governments want to get what they say is their share of pot tax revenue.

By restoring state revenue sharing to former levels to pay for unfunded state mandates, which are driving many cities, towns, and counties toward bankruptcy, New York's local governments could fully fund their services and still cut their highest - in - the - nation property taxes.

The agreement would grant the Oneida Nation exclusive rights to casino gaming in Central New York in exchange for sharing a portion of gaming revenues with the state and local governments.

Hawkins will speak on the need for the state to better share revenues with local government, enabling them to better meet local needs while reducing regressive local property taxes.

In his local stops, Hawkins emphasized the need for the state to better share revenues with local government, enabling them to better meet local needs while reducing regressive local property taxes.

«These local sales tax revenues enable counties and other local governments that also receive a share of these revenues, to pay for state mandated programs and provide critical local services that would disappear,» Acquario stated.

He is imposing more cuts in local government services by tying the state tax relief programs to municipal compliance with the 2 percent property tax cap while simultaneously freezing revenue - sharing aid to municipalities at 75 percent below its 1980s level,» Hawkins said.

Hawkins would increase state revenue sharing to local governments to 8 % of state revenues.

Local taxes would be lowered through increase state aid for schools and revenue sharing with local governmLocal taxes would be lowered through increase state aid for schools and revenue sharing with local governmlocal governments.

With $ 30 billion more in state revenue, we could restore full funding for public schools and colleges, pay for the state mandates on local governments through increased revenue sharing, cut regressive local property and sales taxes, and build the infrastructure and services of the Green New Deal.

For purposes of this section, the total General Fund calculation shall not include sales and compensating use tax revenues shared with local governments and school districts.

In exchange, the state and local governments will get a share of the casino revenue.

Under the agreements, revenue, for the first time, will be shared with the surrounding local and county governments, as well as with the state.

Tenney has been a vocal opponent of the agreements struck by the state, local governments and the Oneida Indian Nation that created exclusivity clauses in exchange for the settlement of long - standing land claims as well as revenue sharing agreements.

True federalism is negated by the undue preponderance of power given to the Federal Government to regulate or control the disposition of the common pool of revenue in the Federation Account, particularly as regards (a) the custody of the common pool of revenue, with the power of physical control and physical disbursement implied by custody; and (b) the power given to the Federal Government to prescribe the terms and manner of sharing the common pool of money among the federal, state and local governments.

The review stated that the 36 states received the highest share of VAT revenues of N464.5 billion in 2017, followed by N325.1 billion shared among the 774 local governments, while the federal government received the lowest share from VAT proceeds with N139.3 billion.

Mahoney said she is worried about potential anti-city sentiment ruling the day, in negotiations that create a formula to share sales tax revenue between the county and local governments.

But in separate 2013 agreements, the Oneida Nation was granted exclusive rights to casino gaming in Central New York in exchange for sharing revenues with the state and local governments; the state also recognized the Seneca Nation and its exclusive casino operations in western New York in exchange for revenue sharing.

He pointed out that it made no economic sense for the Federal Government to be calculating the country's revenue on the basis of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) official rate of N199 to a dollar while States and Local Councils that are sharing the revenue with the Federal Government run their businesses at the open market rate of over N400 to one dollar.

Cuomo's Five - Year Financial Plan keeps revenue sharing with local governments flat at a time when scores of local governments and school districts are headed for insolvency and a takeover by state Control Boards.

The new revenues would help restore the 1970s level of revenue sharing with local governments — eights times higher than what the state now provides.

The way to cut property taxes is for the state to pay for its unfunded mandates, restore previous levels of state revenue sharing with local governments, and fully fund public schools.

Cahill said the Assembly bill makes ride - hailing services subject to the same local and state sales taxes as limousine services, to make sure local governments receive a greater share in revenue from the taxes.

Soon after President Richard Nixon took office in 1969, it was widely reported that his administration was considering a federal VAT with the revenue to be shared with state and local governments to reduce their reliance on property taxes and to fund education spending.

Hawkins called for progressive tax reforms and increased state revenue sharing with local governments to pay for the Green New Deal as well as fully fund state and local public services and enable local governments to reduce high and regressive property taxes.

Del Lago spokesman Steven Greenberg said Tuesday the casino faces a «blatantly unfair competitive disadvantage» because the Seneca Nation stopped making casino revenue sharing payments to state and local governments in Western New York and spent $ 50 million on promotions and incentives «to lure customers from del Lago.»

Progressive Taxes and Revenue Sharing to end the fiscal crises of our local governments and schools, Tuition - Free Public Colleges and Universities, Single Payer Health Care, $ 15 Minimum Wage, Public Banking, Union Co-ops, a Ban on Fracking, a Climate Acton Program scaled up to meet the crisis, and more.

Hawkins, for Syracuse, has long - campaigned for the state to increase its revenue sharing with local governments back to the 8 % level in the 1970s.

«Progressive tax reform and revenue sharing to fully fund the schools and local governments will be our response to the bipartisan austerity we expect from the Cuomo / Republican / IDC alliance,» Hawkins said.

Hawkins, for Syracuse, has long - campaigned for the state to increase its revenue sharing with local governments back to the 8 % level

The majority of these local districts have property taxing authority; the rest rely on county or municipal governments to generate their share of local revenue.