Sentences with phrase «subsistence income»

These organizations focus on clients» most basic human needs: preserving housing, protecting subsistence income, obtaining access to health care, providing food and clothing for families and maintaining safety, independence, and dignity.

In the tourism business, retail prices don't leave a lot left to pay more than subsistence income for instructors and boat crew.

The need for work comes from somewhat unfortunate life circumstances (e.g. divorce and some unwise financial sacrifices) that left him with only subsistence income at this point in life.

Not exact matches

My single income household grosses roughly $ 120K per year, but thanks to non-taxable benefits (housing allowance, subsistence, etc.), only 75 % of that annual pay is taxable (not bad considering I've given a blank check to God & Country).

One also continues to adjust to his or her new income and maintain a happy state regardless of income above a certain subsistence point.

Russian labor is to be paid wages above subsistence levels only to the extent that it can be taxed, thereby «freeing» as much non-wage income as possible from taxation — in particular, income for the privatized land, mineral resources and hitherto public utilities.

The bankers» ideal is for the entire surplus over and above bare subsistence to be paid in the form of interest and fees — all disposable personal income, corporate cash flow and real estate rent.

Some supported the proposal on equity and fairness grounds, since elites were already perceived to benefit disproportionately from the state's resources, through special - interest appropriations of oil wealth, and because it would bring a huge benefit to low - income Alaskans and those living at a subsistence level.

The current production of antivenom is very costly and treatment for snakebites can be completely unaffordable to victims who, particularly in the low and middle - income countries, are often disadvantaged subsistence farmers and their families.

For many cacao farmers in developing nations, tripling their yields would mean the difference between a subsistence - level income of $ 1 a day and a manageable $ 3 a day.

Natives in Peru's Esé - eja community of Infierno wanted to generate income without destroying their rainforest home, central to their subsistence lifestyle.

Also, wage growth has been stagnant over the last decade, and incomes as a whole aren't there to support much beyond first world subsistence living.

Unlike the subsistence and clothing allowances, these income sources are considered taxable.

Allowances for subsistence and clothing appear on the Leave & Earnings Statement and can be considered as effective income toward a mortgage.

The loss of this income will last for the foreseeable future, will make his living expenses higher than his income, will barely allow him to maintain a subsistence living, and will make it impossible for him to repay the student loans.

The reason is that the lower quintiles spend more of their income on subsistence and have a lower percentage of disposable income for use in wealth building.

During the early days, this ex-penal colony outpost quickly became a hippie haven where local villagers survived on a subsistence of fishing and income from selling coconuts to the mainland.

However, the most vulnerable, including those dependent on subsistence lifestyles, especially Alaska Natives and low - income populations, will confront shortages of key foods.

Those crises could mean lost income for American commercial farmers, as well as food shortages for poorer subsistence farmers, who rely on their crops to feed themselves and their families, Lesk said.

These products allow the community to earn income while lessening their dependance on subsistence farming and without converting land for agricultural uses like palm oil and cattle, which are two major drivers of deforestation in Guatemala.

They underpin local shore protection, fisheries, tourism (Chapter 6; Hoegh - Guldberg et al., 2000; Cesar et al., 2003; Willig et al., 2003; Hoegh - Guldberg, 2004, 2005) and, though supplying only about 2 - 5 % of the global fisheries harvest, comprise a critical subsistence protein and income source in the developing world (Whittingham et al., 2003; Pauly et al., 2005; Sadovy, 2005).

In one case, the court awarded 80 % of the marital property to the wife because she was uneducated and unable to earn more than subsistence level income while the husband was much more employable.

Unemployed and on public assistance for most of the time since the original court order, he was not even at a subsistence level of income.

As with temporary maintenance, care should be taken to leave the obligor with adequate income for subsistence.

All centenarians reported low household income and food deprivation; their families were subsistence farmers with extremely limited resources.

Your income puts you way to close to subsistence level at this point.