Sentences with phrase «of allowance rates»

There is tremendous variability within the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) in terms of how each of the individual 8,000 + patent examiners treats an application and the inconsistency of allowance rates within similar art units.

Numerous companies use the same strategy across their portfolios when deciding how to amend claims, regardless of the allowance rate of the examiner.

Not exact matches

«Canada was identified as a best - practice jurisdiction,» the report, called The Future of Canadian Manufacturing: Learning From Leading Firms, «because of its low corporate tax rates, research and development tax credits, accelerated capital cost allowance and duty - free imports of capital equipment.

Adjusted for the similar tax effects, SBC expense and also for deferred tax asset valuation allowances provided on operations of our newly acquired Uber and Foodfox businesses, our effective tax rate for Q1 2018 was 23.5 %, compared with 23.8 % for Q1 2017.

NDP commitments include a two point cut in the small business tax rate (already implemented by the Conservatives); extension of the accelerated capital cost allowance for two years (already implemented by the Conservatives (but with a different phase in); an innovation tax credit for machinery used in research and development; an additional one cent of gas tax for the provinces for infrastructure; a transit infrastructure fund; increased funding for social housing; a major child care initiative; and, increasing ODA funding to 0.7 per cent of Gross National Income (GNI).

NDP promises include a two point cut in the small business tax rate (already implemented in the budget by the Conservatives); extension of the accelerated capital cost allowance for two years (also already implemented by the Conservatives); an innovation tax credit for machinery used in research and development; an additional one cent of gas tax for the provinces for infrastructure; a transit infrastructure fund; increased funding for social housing; a major child care initiative; increasing ODA funding to 0.7 per cent of Gross National Income (GNI); and restoring the 6 % annual escalator to the Canada Health Transfer.

I wouldn't recommend holding them outside a tax wrapper, especially if you are ever likely to be a higher rate tax payer with a tax - free savings allowance of just # 500.

So you are saying that LS20 is bad to hold outside a tax wrapper, because the entire dividend is taxed at normal income tax rates (20/40/45), whereas buying a 4:1 mix of a pure bond fund and pure equity fund should save some tax, because the div from the equity fund is taxed at dividend tax rates (7.5 / 32.5 / 37.5) and it benefits from a # 5k allowance (reducing to # 2k, next year)?

Settlements, as they occur, are covered in complete detail with pertinent information on wage adjustments, paid holidays, vacations with pay, shift premiums, medical benefits, dental plans, weekly indemnity, life insurance, pension plans, cost - of - living allowances and rates of pay.

If we, in addition, consider the degree to which moral directorship was or was not effective — if we estimate conservatively the actual crime rates, actual poverty, actual incidence of corruption and allowance of corruption — it is not clear that what we are seeing today can be called the loss of a former moral coherence.

«Please note that the payment of all other allowances are to be made in accordance with the approved rates of the categories two and three allowances,» it added.

Given the low rate of inflation in recent years, school districts and local governments have chaffed under caps that have been largely under 1 percent allowances.

Our rate would kick in after a big personal allowance of # 10,000 too — which means families would keep more money in their own pockets.

Like a raft of other working - age benefits, maternity allowance will increase by one per cent for the next three years - well below the rate of inflation.

• We promised to restore Teacher training allowances and we have delivered • We promised to end dumsor and we have delivered • We promised to reduced fertilizer prices by 50 % and we have delivered • We promised to establish a Ministry of Zongo and Inner City Affairs and we have delivered • We promised to increase and pay peacekeeping allowances increased from $ 31 to $ 35 and we have delivered • We promised to increase the share of the DACF to persons with disabilities from 2 % to 3 % and we have delivered • We promised a stimulus package to support local industry and we have delivered • We promised to implement a National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Plan and we have delivered • We promised a more efficient port system and we have delivered • We promised to reduce the rapid rate of borrowing and accumulation of the public debt and we have delivered • We promised to restore economic growth and we have delivered • We promised to reduce inflation and we have delivered.

«The question that we should ask is how can you inherit a budget deficit of 9.3 % of GDP, proceed to reduce taxes, bring down inflation, bring down interest rates, increase economic growth (from 3.6 % to 7.9 %), increase your international reserves, maintain relative exchange rate stability, reduce the debt to GDP ratio and the rate of debt accumulation, pay almost half of arrears inherited, stay current on obligations to statutory funds, restore teacher and nursing training allowances, double the capitation grant, implement free senior high school education and yet still be able to reduce the fiscal deficit from 9.3 % to an estimated 5.6 % of GDP?

Godfrey Bloom, the party's economics spokesman, wants to create a flat rate of income tax at 25 per cent with a personal allowance of # 13,000, a policy which he accepts will bring particular benefits to middle earners.

One thing that surprised me about the Horton analysis is that it didn't even suggest the most obvious way to make the LD policy more redistributive, which is to lower the threshold for the higher rate of income tax by the same amount personal allowance is raised.

Those in receipt of working - age benefits including - child benefit, child tax credit, income support, universal credit and jobseekers» allowance - have more reason than most to worry about inflation as all of these have just been frozen for four years, along with local housing allowances which determine housing benefit rates.

The IPPR research models the effects of a flat - rate 0.5 percent annual tax on the gross value of all residential property owned by private individuals, with no threshold or tax - free allowance.

The longer - term aspiration of a UKIP government would be to restore the personal tax - free allowance to those earning over # 100,000 and make 40 % the top rate of tax for all.

Instead of the second homes allowance MPs would get a «flat rate» allowance based on attendance at Parliament.

Also, don't forget that the 50p rate was never a LibDem policy or priority, but increasing the tax free allowance to # 10k for people on low to middle incomes was a key manifesto commitment (higher rate tax payers get less of an increase + those earning over # 100k get no tax free allowance).

The disabled child rate is payable if: · disability living allowance, personal independence payment or Armed Forces Independence Payment (AFIP) is payable for the child or is normally payable but has ceased because they are a patient in hospital; or · they are certified as severely sight impaired or blind by a consultant ophthalmologist, or has ceased to be registered or certified blind within 28 weeks immediately preceding the date of claim The severely disabled child rate is payable if: · the highest rate care component of disability living allowance or the enhanced daily living component of personal independence payment or any component of armed forces independence payment is payable for them or would be payable but for suspension or abatement due to hospitalisation 3.

But the poll contained similar criticisms of the chancellor's Budget last week, with 49 % saying the scrapping of pensioner tax allowance was unfair and 53 % saying the reduction of the top rate of tax to 45 % would do «nothing» to help the economy.

Under the plans, basic rate taxpayers would be allowed to transfer # 750 of their personal allowance to a spouse or civil partner.

«We need to pay them enough to ensure that not only the wealthy can afford to do the job and whatever the basic rate of pay they'll still need allowances.»

They have also been affected by the 50 % income tax rate on earnings above # 150,000 and withdrawal of the income tax personal allowance above # 100,000 that were introduced in April 2010.

The Social Liberal Forum can point to one small victory however: the increase in personal allowance will not be passed onto people paying the higher rate of tax, something which we argued for at both the special conference and in our letter to Nick Clegg and Danny Alexander.

And while headlining its reduction in the top rate of tax (on incomes over # 150,000) and increases in the tax - free personal allowance, the last government achieved a significant revenue increase by letting people on middle incomes rise into the 40 % tax band.

They've pledged to raise the tax - free personal allowance to # 12,500, the top rate of income tax to # 50,000 and sell 100,000 new homes at 20 % below asking price for first - time buyers under 40.

Oral Questions - Ensuring wage - earners who are below the income tax threshold will benefit from any future increases in the personal allowance - Lord Greaves; Measures to detect and prevent sudden cardiac death - Lord Storey; Number of people employed by the EU Institutions and information on the number of those who pay either no tax, or reduced tax rates, on their remuneration - Lord Flight

Increasing the personal allowance will take lots more people out of tax and thankfully middle - class families aren't going to pay the price by being dragged into the higher rate as they were with earlier increases.

«To encourage fuel efficient fleets, we will extend the 100 per cent first year capital allowance for low emission business cars, reduce the CO2 threshold for the main capital allowance rates; and increase the percentage list price of company cars subject to tax.

«A worker on # 10,500 a year would pay a 0p marginal rate IF the personal allowance was raised to # 11,000; or they would pay a 10p marginal rate on the last few hundred pounds of their income IF the 10p band was restored between # 10,000 and # 12,500»

Peers who are not ministers are not paid a salary but receive a flat - rate daily attendance allowance of # 150 or # 300.

I believe that having raised the personal tax - free allowance to # 10,000, Conservatives should argue in a restoration of the 10p rate instead.

The decision to increase the tax - free personal allowance to # 11,850 will benefit nearly 2.4 million basic and higher rate Scottish taxpayers, but those already earning under the current personal allowance of # 11,500 will gain nothing.

It is also very welcome that the personal allowance has been raised, but the reduction of 40p rate threshold will mean that only basic rate taxpayers will benefit from the personal allowance rise.

We should be heralding its demise as yet another Gordon Brown u-turn, and urging that the money be spent on raising the personal allowance instead of cutting the basic rate of income tax (which is too low).

A flat income tax rate at 15 %, with a personal allowance of about # 10,000.

On the flip side, pensioners could benefit from new measures to make ISA withdrawals more flexible and a new # 1,000 tax - free allowance on the interest payments of cash savings for basic rate taxpayers.

As I pointed out at 8.56 am, the Tory plans for a transferable tax allowance would only help couples paying the basic rate of tax.

It had been 40 % for twelve and a half years of the labour administration, and now they whine and shout about «tax cuts for the rich» mmm 10p tax rate come to mind instead of raising personal allowance as this government has done.

8 We will encourage a new culture of saving by abolishing income tax on savings for everyone on the basic rate of tax and raising the tax allowance for pensioners by # 2,000 to # 11,490

«What the government can do, in the short term, is some of the things we have been doing - like cutting income tax for 25 million taxpayers by increasing the tax free personal allowances, keeping mortgage rates low and keeping fuel prices down by taking 20p a litre off (of) what Labour were planning.»

Durkee says that lab officials actually gave the employees 100 % of the federal rates for per diem allowance in the various locations.

-- Loans of allowances, or the proceeds from the sale of allowances, may be provided, interest on commercial loans may be subsidized at an interest rate as low as zero, and other credit support may be provided to support programs authorized to use SEED Account allowance value or any other renewable energy or energy efficiency purpose authorized or approved by the Federal Government.

Allowances must be made, of course, for the increase in metabolic rate wrought by use of exogenous thyroid plus the patient's daily level of physical activity.

Noticeably cut from an R - rating as if one is watching an edited version on cable, the film shies away from some of the bloodier bursts of violence, and yet still comes off pretty vicious, but even more so, a few uses of the F - words are dubbed over with «frickin»,» allowing Gabrielle Union to finally use the PG - 13 rating's allowance of one F - word.