Sentences with phrase «raise needed revenue»

Alluding to the need for domestic revenue mobilization to achieve sustained national development, Vice President Bawumia encouraged Ghanaians, including churches, to fulfill their tax obligations to raise the needed revenue to develop the nation.

«The MTA crisis is real and it is upon us,» said Sen. Michael Gianaris, a Queens Democrat who has proposed temporary taxes on millionaires in the 12 - county MTA region and city hotels to raise needed revenue.

Not exact matches

Fortune ran numbers to calculate how much extra revenue the U.S. would need to raise, over the next decade, if it lowered the rate of growth in Social Security by one percentage point, reduced increases in Medicare, Medicaid, and other health care spending by a proportional amount, and held discretionary spending below growth in GDP (albeit from the higher base established by the new laws).

Last year Bustle broke even on $ 30 million in revenue, which raises the question as to why it needs more money.

To qualify, would - be Blueprinters need to have raised at least $ 250,000 in capital, or book at least $ 250,000 in annual revenue, John confirms.

Without significant revenue growth the company has been unable to offset the interest it pays on its heavy debt load, but First Data has hinted that an IPO could be on the horizon, Bloomberg reports, which would raise some much - needed funds.

«If a business doesn't have the resources to raise capital when it needs to, manage tax situations effectively, or execute increasingly complex accounting issues [such as] revenue recognition, then they could run into some serious problems,» explains Calvin L. Hackeman, a partner at Grant Thornton LLP, a large accounting firm in Chicago that serves both small and midsized businesses.

Coursera, like most MOOC providers, has had moderate success sorting out a revenue model (Coursera charges students for identity verification and certificates of completion), but it will need to do a lot more than that to justify the $ 85 million in venture funding it's raised.

Eliminating the state and local tax deduction would raise about one - quarter of the $ 4 trillion in revenues that some Republicans say they need to prevent tax cuts from creating a massive increase in the federal budget deficit.

Slater says Woolworths may be reporting higher revenues but it's not clear yet whether this has translated into higher earnings, and the structure of the recent sale of its petrol station network to BP, which he described as a «quasi capital raising», may be a sign the company needs cash.

We need a bank whose profits are returned to municipal coffers thereby raising revenue and protecting government services from budget cuts.

After taking account of capital - raising actions already underway as well as the revenue generated in first quarter 2009, the net need for new capital was $ 75 billion spread across 10 of the 19 institutions.

Implementing a BAT should bolster the competitiveness of US firms, eliminate the existing incentive to keep profits offshore, and raise the revenue needed to fund a substantial cut in the statutory corporate income tax rate (currently the highest in the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development [OECD]-RRB-.

Alignment of government policy is particularly crucial, as inconsistency between government policies inhibits investment and raises the cost of capital.235 Once the overall strategic direction is set, a range of methods and instruments are available to mainstream climate at the project level.236 This needs to happen at the technical assessment stage, where technological and process options and alternatives are considered that will achieve the project aim; at the economic assessment stage, which involves measuring net impacts of the project on welfare; and at the financial assessment stage, where costs and revenues of the project are assessed.237

Not only will it create jobs and bring in much needed revenue without raising taxes but it will also deal a major blow to organized crime which has a stranglehold on the illegal gambling industry with an estimated $ 380 billion wagered annually.

While per pupil revenue covers the majority of our expenses related to delivery of the academic program, additional money must be raised to provide the support services needed to effectively serve pregnant and parenting teens and their children.

Wood's comments substantiate those made by the Institute for Fiscal Studies, which warned an independent Scotland would need to cut spending by # 6 billion or significantly raise taxes due to declining oil revenues.

It's a win - win situation: the Government needs to raise revenue and the country is desperate for an economic boost.

Dinowitz's bill would, without raising any new taxes, provide a steady source of revenue for the struggling downstate transit system to make the necessary repairs and improvements it needs.

Senate Democratic leader John Sampson of Brooklyn sent his members home last week without voting on a tax bill needed to raise $ 950 million in revenue.

«We've been very vocal of the needed [MTA] reforms — New York is the most expensive place to build rail in the world — but we can institute reforms and raise revenues at the same time.

This Republican Congress has taken the governing tools of past administrations out of the hands of the President, and made it impossible to provide a viable Presidential stewardship of the Economy, that would include raising revenues to pay down the National debt, provide stimulus to the economy that would create more jobs to help build needed infrastructure.

Now, courtesy of the newly released FY 2018 Executive Budget Financial Plan, we know the answer: assuming no further spending cuts, the governor needs to extend the full «millionaire tax» long enough to raise an added $ 683 million in revenue for fiscal 2018, and $ 2.7 billion for fiscal 2019.

The MTA needs a dedicated revenue stream through a new and permanent tax on millionaires in the regions served by mass transit, as well as cash raised from the closure of the carried interest loophole.

Now, in order to get back to the previous level of funding, they either need to raise the gasoline tax (politically undesirable) or subsidize it from other revenues.

The Legislature gave itself permission to raise taxes above the state tax cap limit, in case it needs more revenue for the 2018 County Budget

«We reiterate our call on the Government to introduce an Environmental Taxes framework or «roadmap» to provide much needed clarity around the future direction of environmental tax policy as taxes which merely shift pollution elsewhere, or which raise revenue without leading to greener behaviour, are failing to do their job.»

E.J. McMahon: «Assuming no further spending cuts, the governor needs to extend the full «millionaire tax» long enough to raise an added $ 683 million in revenue for fiscal 2018, and $ 2.7 billion for fiscal 2019.

The Liberal Democrats believe we need a long term solution for funding Health and Social Care which will include raising additional revenue for these vital services from taxation.

B is all non-property tax revenue and C is the amount of money needed to be raised by property taxes.

«They need to get people to come back for specialty care, they need to bill people who have insurance, they need to do things to raise revenue while at the same time keep up the good care,» he said.

Which is to say, to stop deficit spending and get a balanced budget, you either need to kill appropriation bills that spend money or create appropriation bills that raise revenue.

The move would raise nearly $ 1.5 billion in additional revenue annually to help the financially strapped Metropolitan Transportation Authority meet the growing mass transit needs of this city while keeping fares reasonable, and maintaining and upgrading a vast and aging transportation infrastructure, including roads and bridges.

Post September, the electorate will need to get used to a Scottish parliament that has a greater say in how it raises its revenues, regardless of the referendum result.

If the state legislature extends the millionaires» tax, McMahon said he believes the government would need to raise an additional $ 683 million in revenue in fiscal year 2018 and $ 2.7 billion in fiscal year 2019, making the millionaires» tax insufficient for Cuomo's plans in the first place.

«Cuomo wants tax cuts for his wealthy contributors, so he pushes gambling instead to raise needed state revenues.»

«This tax on high - income earners is an effective and fair way to raise the revenue we need,» he testified.

To raise this amount of money, Livingstone would need to find more funds from the council tax precept, and more revenue from TfL.

He says $ 1.5 billion in new revenue a year needs to be raised to keep the transportation fund solvent.

He added that he hopes the governor's tax proposals will be put together in a way that «allows schools to raise the local revenues that they need to ensure each and every child a quality education.»

Eliminating fossil fuel subsidies would slash global carbon emission by 20 percent and raise government revenue by 2.9 trillion, well over the funds needed for intelligent policy and action on climate adaptation.»

To continue to serve more students, charter schools need access to district facilities and locally raised revenues.

Both Proposition 30 and Proposition 38 would raise much - needed revenue for California's classrooms, says Ama.

For over 20 years states and courts have used these studies to devise rational school finance systems with a transparent relationship between state aid, student need and a district's ability to raise revenue.»

With smart and disciplined budget cuts, we can free up revenue to fund a needed raise for teachers.

With an estimated $ 1.1 billion more in bond revenue needed to finish facilities improvements, can we rightfully ask taxpayers to pick up the tab on the teacher raise as well?

Most of this money is targeted to help states meet the needs of the most vulnerable children in the country — whose communities can not raise enough revenue through property values.

Members of the state's influential Education Coalition said Wednesday school advocates need to unite behind a single tax measure well in advance of the November election or risk losing a rare opportunity to raise new revenues.

If an established company is eating so much debt that they need more cash just to reduce their debt service, and they're not raising revenue, that smacks of a death spiral.

On the other hand, if you owe a payment with your return and you need time to raise the money, Charney points out that you can file your return early and instruct the Internal Revenue Service to deduct the amount from your bank account or debit card, or charge your credit card, on a specified date — right up until the filing deadline.