Sentences with phrase «lower than the federal government»

States and cities that impose income taxes typically have their own brackets, with rates that are usually lower than the federal government's.

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The federal government is also adding restrictions on when it will insure low - ratio mortgages, stipulating that such loans must have an amortization period of less than 25 years and that the property must be owner - occupied, among other criteria.

These risks and uncertainties include: Gilead's ability to achieve its anticipated full year 2018 financial results; Gilead's ability to sustain growth in revenues for its antiviral and other programs; the risk that private and public payers may be reluctant to provide, or continue to provide, coverage or reimbursement for new products, including Vosevi, Yescarta, Epclusa, Harvoni, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, Biktarvy and Vemlidy ®; austerity measures in European countries that may increase the amount of discount required on Gilead's products; an increase in discounts, chargebacks and rebates due to ongoing contracts and future negotiations with commercial and government payers; a larger than anticipated shift in payer mix to more highly discounted payer segments and geographic regions and decreases in treatment duration; availability of funding for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; market share and price erosion caused by the introduction of generic versions of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or other government action that could have the effect of lowering prices or reducing the number of insured patients; the possibility of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages of these products over other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to changes in its stock price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks identified from time to time in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).

debt obligations of the U.S. government that are issued at various intervals and with various maturities; revenue from these bonds is used to raise capital and / or refund outstanding debt; since Treasury securities are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government, they are generally considered to be free from credit risk and thus typically carry lower yields than other securities; the interest paid by Treasuries is exempt from state and local tax, but is subject to federal taxes and may be subject to the federal Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT); U.S. Treasury securities include Treasury bills, Treasury notes, Treasury bonds, zero - coupon bonds, Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS), and Treasury Auctions

Despite the fact that economic growth for this year is now forecast to be substantially lower than that expected at the time of the April Budget, Mr. Oliver is still confident that the federal government will record a surplus in 2015 - 16.

The federal government can borrow at a much lower interest rate than the other jurisdictions, given its strong credit position.

For the first four months of fiscal year 2012 - 13 (April to July), the federal government posted a deficit of $ 3.0 billion, $ 2.9 billion lower than the $ 5.9 billion reported in the same period in 2011 - 12.

The idea that real interest rates — that is, adjusted for inflation — will be lower than they have been historically is reflected in the pronouncements of policymakers such as Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen, the medium - term forecasts of official agencies such as the Congressional Budget Office and the International Monetary Fund and the pricing of government bonds whose payments are tied to inflation.

If I live in a high tax state and you live in a low tax state, you actually pay more towards the federal government than I do.

So he's saying that a high - tax state benefits more from this provision than a low - tax state, and in effect gets more back from the federal government than low - tax states.

-LRB-...) But a new paper by former senior U.S. Federal Reserve economist Joseph Gagnon says currency intervention — when a government forcibly lowers the value of their exchange rate — has an impact on other economies several times larger than originally thought.

It is tragic, therefore, that in the United States today, federal infrastructure investment, net of depreciation, is running close to zero, and net government investment is lower than at any time in nearly six decades.

Indeed, at 24 per cent in 2012, it is considerably lower even than the ETR observed for the fifth North Sea hydrocarbons producer, the German Federal Land of Schleswig - Holstein, whose government has been increasing the statutory royalty rate in line with rising oil prices in recent years — from 12.5 per cent in 2003 to 21 per cent as of the time of writing — with the result that the ETR in the German sector of the North Sea in 2012 came to 33 per cent.

Regarding the change in the PIT outlook, the Enacted Budget Financial Plan says «taxpayers and employers appear to have been anticipating that the Federal government will lower personal income tax rates in 2017, prompting a shift of capital gains from 2016 to 2017» to an extent greater than DOB anticipated in the Executive Budget plan.

New York State is already the No. 1 donor state in the nation, meaning we give the federal government more money than we get back, and we get back a lower percentage than any other state.

In fact, public education workers, mainly teachers, have lower turnover rates than employees in every other industry except the federal government.

First, as shown in the JOLTS data, public schools have much lower rates of job openings, hire rates, quit rates, and voluntary and involuntary separations than every industry except the federal government.

This means that an employee who worked her way through a low - cost public college in order to minimize her borrowing would receive far less in benefits — both from her employer and the federal government — than a colleague who borrowed heavily to obtain an expensive undergraduate or graduate degree.

The federal government has found black students are three times more likely than whites to be suspended or expelled, a disparity experts say contributes to lower academic achievement among African - American students caught in the discipline system.

The federal government and more than 20 states have launched class - size reduction initiatives that seek to lower the average class size in the early elementary grades of U.S. schools to 15 — 18 students.

But that flexibility must also be represented in the federal government's funding commitment, specifically by funding Title IV block grants at a level no lower than the authorized $ 1.65 billion.

Is there any evidence that the federal government could do better than local governments in improving the education and well - being of low - income children?

Such loans carry guarantees for lenders against default by the federal government, along with lower interest rates than for conventional mortgages and low (or no) down payment requirements.

Having the «full faith and credit» of the federal government gives investors greater confidence in Ginnie Mae securities, and that ultimately helps explain why VA loans and FHA loans typically have lower average interest rates than conventional mortgages, which don't carry that government backing.

Many students go to a private lender to consolidate their loan because the private lender offers a lower interest rate than the federal government, but it's important for students to realize that refinancing a federal loan into a private loan will cause them to lose the perks that come with federal loans»

Loans made by the federal government, called federal student loans, usually offer borrowers lower interest rates and have more flexible repayment options than loans from banks or other private sources.

Graduated - Federal government allows borrowers to make lower monthly payments than the monthly payments made under the standard plan.

The alumni and institutional investors receive a financial return, and the borrowers get rates that are lower than those provided by the federal government.

Federal loans have government backing so they usually carry a lower interest than an unsecured private loan.

The federal government will kick in up to an additional 1 percent of earnings for low - income couples with an adjusted gross income (AGI) below $ 40,000, single taxpayers with an AGI below $ 20,000, and head of household filers with an AGI less than $ 30,000.

So if a funding deficit arises in a TBP (because of underfunding, or lower - than - expected investment returns, say), part or all of it can be compensated for by reducing accrued benefits to employees whereas a traditional DB plan would require the entire deficit to be funded by increased contributions on the part of the employer — the federal government (and by extension, the taxpayer).

This is important, market - driven progress on climate, which API and its member companies consider an important issue for constructive engagement — engagement that also is seen in approximately $ 90 billion in oil and natural gas industry investments in zero - and low - emissions technologies since 2000, nearly as much as the federal government and more than twice that of the next largest industry sector.

Federal incorporation is slightly cheaper than provincial incorporation due to the lower government filing fees, however, a federal corporation is also required to extra-provincially register (and carry out annual maintenance) in any province in which it carries on buFederal incorporation is slightly cheaper than provincial incorporation due to the lower government filing fees, however, a federal corporation is also required to extra-provincially register (and carry out annual maintenance) in any province in which it carries on bufederal corporation is also required to extra-provincially register (and carry out annual maintenance) in any province in which it carries on business.

The budget showed federal government revenues in the coming year would be $ 3.4 billion lower than anticipated just four months ago, reflecting the weakest two quarters of economic growth since the 2008 - 09 recession and a steep discount on Western Canadian oil prices.

Official Ottawa has become more obstructionist in responding to requests and this attitude has spread throughout government officialdom with a few notable exceptions; however the federal government retains the top specialization in constructing information roadblocks, «Federal institutions received lower grades than their provincial and municipal counterparts...» When requests are deemed acceptable, excessive amounts of money are being charged, who knew photocopying was such an expensive propofederal government retains the top specialization in constructing information roadblocks, «Federal institutions received lower grades than their provincial and municipal counterparts...» When requests are deemed acceptable, excessive amounts of money are being charged, who knew photocopying was such an expensive propoFederal institutions received lower grades than their provincial and municipal counterparts...» When requests are deemed acceptable, excessive amounts of money are being charged, who knew photocopying was such an expensive proposition?

Under the old tax law, because the spouse receiving alimony or spousal maintenance is usually in a lower tax bracket after a divorce, more money stays with the divorcing couple rather than going to the Federal Government.

In the event of the Queensland Low Impact Exploration Scheme being approved in the Senate, the Queensland Government will, before the end of this year, amend that scheme to provide substantive and procedural rights and acceptable definitions of the nature of low impact exploration that are no less favourable to Indigenous interests than those in the New South Wales Scheme recently endorsed by the Federal Attorney - GenerLow Impact Exploration Scheme being approved in the Senate, the Queensland Government will, before the end of this year, amend that scheme to provide substantive and procedural rights and acceptable definitions of the nature of low impact exploration that are no less favourable to Indigenous interests than those in the New South Wales Scheme recently endorsed by the Federal Attorney - Generlow impact exploration that are no less favourable to Indigenous interests than those in the New South Wales Scheme recently endorsed by the Federal Attorney - General.

Premiums are higher than rates for healthy individuals, but lower than the actual cost of most participants» health care — State general fund appropriations, grants from the federal government, and / or surtaxes on insurance premiums finance the pools» operating losses.