Sentences with phrase «raising general revenue»

States usually impose income rather than payroll taxes when raising general revenue, and levy them on the individual side.

Globally, the dominant economic intervention affecting food pricing is national taxation on food to raise general revenue.17, 18 In Australia, the basic foods required to maintain health were mostly exempted from the Goods and Services Tax (GST), and the price of these foods was expected to fall after the introduction of the new tax system in 2000.19 However, in Queensland from 2000 to 2001, the price of a basket of healthy foods increased by 12 %, more than twice that of less healthy options.20 This highlights the unpredictability of complex economic systems and the need for rigorous testing of economic solutions to increase access to healthy food.18 Such testing is imperative within remote communities, but baseline data are not readily available as Australia lacks a comprehensive food and nutrition monitoring and surveillance system.

Not exact matches

The total revenue each district is allowed to raise from property taxes and general state aid is simply that per - pupil amount, multiplied by enrollment (smoothed by three - year averaging).

If a district is able to raise the entire per - pupil allocation through local revenue, it does not receive general state aid.

This proposed $ 5.0 billion deposit would raise the rainy day fund balance to the Prop. 2 maximum of 10 percent of General Fund tax revenues.

the area or activities to which the funds raised from a municipal bond issue will be directed and, in turn, the source of future bond interest payments and principal repayment; for general obligation bonds, funds raised may be for general purposes, both operating and infrastructure, and payments are secured by the general taxing power of the issuer — usually a state, town, or city; revenue bonds are categorized under terms such as «Utilities» or «Transportation»

Those measures are covered through general tax revenues, meaning that workers today pay taxes to raise the incomes of poorer seniors.

The rule in general raises the fiduciary standard for virtually anyone involved with investment advice surrounding a retirement plan under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), and it places a great degree of scrutiny on fees and revenue sharing.

But that's exactly what the Board did — it has adopted an auction system that is raising billions for general revenues.

Plus, it's «a general principle,» the report notes, that «mitigation policies that raise government revenue generally have lower social costs than approaches which do not.»

It seems that raising the $ 100 billion will require the richer countries to transfer funds from their general revenues, as some countries are pledging to do in Paris.

Saderma Leather Co. — wholesale distributor General Manager 1995 - 2000 managed 3 warehouses with outside and inside sales departments negotiated with manufacturers for proprietary lines in charge of buying and negotiating product lines with interest in raising profitability and revenue boosted sales through aggressive sales and structured buyouts from 9.6 mil to 14.7 mil in annual sales

In general, a tax is a forced contribution by citizens to raise revenue for government services offered to the general public, while a fee is a payment for a special privilege or a service rendered.