Sentences with phrase «substantial taxes on»

Investments such as stocks, mutual funds, etc can attract substantial taxes on transfers.

But if we impose a substantial tax on competing technologies, those can be made even more expensive than BECCS.»

Not exact matches

The problem, according to the plan's critics, is that financial entities such as private - equity, venture capital and hedge funds are all partnerships whose wealthy partners would see substantial tax savings on large portions of their income unless congressional tax writers find a way to exclude them.

WASHINGTON — Because of substantial wage growth, bonuses, and other positive economic factors, the Republican tax law is gaining in popularity with the American public after initially negative reviews, which is becoming a problem for Democrats looking to run on a cohesive economic message in 2018.

This income being «sprinkled» across the family can confer a substantial tax advantage to the incorporated consultant compared to a family with a regular wage earner who would have to pay full tax on any money given to other family members.

But the Fed also knows that the apparent inability of the Congress and the White House to agree on taxes and spending will leave the U.S. fiscal policy on an arbitrary path of substantial restraint.

They also pay fairly substantial property taxes on their homes.

Unfortunately, the plan presented by his advisers, Peter Navarro and Wilbur Ross, suggests an approach based on tax credits for equity investment and total private sector participation that will not cover the most important projects, not reach many of the most important investors, and involve substantial mis - targeting of public resources.

In addition to bringing substantial technical and leadership skills to the overall direction of his mandates, Bruce is a trusted advisor to his high net worth clients on cross-border tax issues.

Although Republican supporters of the tax law argued that the influx of international profits would create jobs and increase wages, many economists disagreed that a one - time repatriation would have any substantial impact on real investment.

The International segment reported a loss from continuing operations before income taxes of $ 1.3 million on a US GAAP basis and an underlying pretax loss of $ 1.0 million in the fourth quarter, versus a loss of $ 5.1 million for both measures a year ago, driven by the addition of the Miller brands, volume growth and positive pricing in Latin America and Australia, cost savings in MG&A, and cycling the substantial restructure of our China business in 2015.

The reason for such unanimity is primarily the substantial economic costs associated with taxes on corporations, although the uncertainty as to who really pays such taxes no doubt also contributes to the disdain in which they are generally held by economists.»

Management said on the earnings call and in the release that its focus in 2018 — and over the long term — is cash flows, not oil and gas volumes, and intends to use 2018 and 2019 to «target substantial growth in cash flow along with a reduction in net debt: EBITDAX [earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization, and exploration] to approximately 2.5 times.»

Silver lining: by virtue of having renters in place before the local market went further south (when hospital closed), we were able to take a substantial ordinary loss on last year's tax return.

The recently adopted tax reform legislation will have a substantial impact on family wealth management decisions.

The tax - location portfolio attempts to capitalize on the fact that large - cap stocks generate a substantial part of their return from capital appreciation in the taxable account.

While it's true that some people don't have to pay taxes on their Social Security income, benefits are taxable if you have, in the words of the Social Security Administration, «other substantial income.»

High - return assets that produce a substantial amount of their return through taxable income, on the other hand, should be primarily held in tax - deferred accounts such as IRAs and 401 (k) s.

The states of Nevada and Mississippi still take in substantial revenue from taxes on other forms of gambling.

Mark's primary areas of expertise include: assisting clients with substantial private businesses manage the growth from a financial and strategic perspective advising high net worth clients on succession and estate planning issues helping clients achieve the optimal value for their business upon disposal on an after tax basis analysis of business performance assisting clients with debt raising issues structuring client's affairs for maximum tax benefits.

Tax laws or regulations are subject to change at any time and can have a substantial impact on your individual situation.

Examples of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the impact of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility of fuel prices, declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions of these conditions that decrease the level of disposable income of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability of our creditors to accelerate the repayment of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the price of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Because of the low wages they pay workers in South Africa and Latin America, treating their financial losses as tax write offs, when labor negotiations were going on and violence threatened, the companies certainly had the upper hand; the unions accepted a substantial cut in wages and benefits.

Last year, a report by the Oxford Martin School at Oxford University, led by Professor Marco Springmann, said a tax on animal products could have a «substantial» effect in terms of mitigating their contributions to climate change.

There is also no substantial evidence globally that a soft drink tax has a meaningful impact on obesity rates.

For instance, his second term (2010 - 2014) saw the Hungarian government enact additional taxes on banks (mostly foreign owned) and some parts of the energy and utilities sector as well (again, affecting substantial foreign interests).

For example, one could impose a $ 1 or 2 % or whatever excise tax on every new radio or music player or television sold in the United States or its territories (both Japan and New Zealand, among others fund their public broadcasting systems in substantial part with excise taxes on TV and radio taxes).

It's worth pointing out that a substantial minority of Lib Dems are very keen on ideas such as Land Value Tax which would directly address many of the problems arising from asset inequality, in particular the fact that land owners can often make substantial gains in wealth as a result of public works funded out of the income and consumption taxes paid by those of substantially less wealth than themselves.

Doubles Existing Deductions for Start - up Costs for New Small Businesses: New start - ups typically face a number of substantial expenses in their first year they get off the ground, such as permits, consulting costs, expenses in finding clients and custoemrs and other needs, but are limited in the amount of expenses they can deduct that year on their taxes.

Donovan, a solidly Republican politician, has parted ways with Trump on some issues, most notably the tax bill due to the substantial limitation on deducting state and local taxes and the effort to substantially gut Obamacare.

Glenwood arranged for these payments to ADAM SKELOS due to the company's substantial dependence on DEAN SKELOS for real estate tax abatements and other real estate legislation favorable to Glenwood, and based in part on statements from DEAN SKELOS that he would punish those in the real estate industry who defied him.

Cuomo called the increased costs a «substantial burden» on taxpayers and could risk an increase in property taxes.

Such a move would generate substantial economic efficiency gains from reduced congestion, reduce the tax levied on the majority of miles driven, leave many (particularly rural) motorists better off, and provide a stable long - term footing for motoring taxes without necessarily raising net additional revenue from drivers.»

The billionaire described how he had renegotiated an undertaking he gave as a condition of his peerage to become a full British resident to allow him to retain his non-dom status and avoid paying tax on his substantial international earnings.

No charges have been filed, but prosecutors are examining «substantial payments» from a tax firm that has helped some of New York City's biggest developers (who double as the state's top political donors) reduce the property tax bills on their holdings.

Ashcroft and the Tories have refused to answer questions about when Ashcroft fulfilled the less onerous task of declaring himself a long - term resident, which allowed him to continue to be a «non-dom» paying tax only on his UK earnings and avoiding giving tens of millions of pounds to the tax office on his substantial international estate.

The judge in the case noted that Silver took a «number of official acts — most obviously passing legislation and approving state grants and tax - exempt financing — as part of a quid pro quo, but there remained a «substantial question» on whether the court's jury instructions were valid in light of the McDonnell ruling.

«People who are very wealthy, particularly payers of capital gains tax, people on very high incomes who get substantial income relief under the income tax system should pay more, in order that poorer people and indeed people on middle incomes are lifted out of tax altogether.»

Profits on Wall Street are heavily taxed and make up a substantial portion of all revenues collected for New York State government.

Nearly one third of the members of the state Assembly have signed onto a letter calling on their colleagues to let the 421 - a tax abatement program expire if substantial changes are not made to New York City's rent laws.

There is substantial evidence that higher taxes on the wealthy will not discourage job creation.

The ComRes poll also indicates there remains substantial public appetite for further commitments from political parties to clamp down on abusive tax practices.

De Blasio initially called for a tax increase on those earning more than $ 500,000 to pay for universal pre-K, but in recent days he has abandoned that push and is simply saying he is «confident» he will get substantial funding.

«As Assembly Minority Leader, I was encouraged to hear the governor put forward priorities that fall in line with a number of Conference proposals, including: pension forfeitures for convicted officials, a Constitutional Convention, greater resources for our State Police and focus on public safety, tax relief for small businesses, tax credits for teachers, and a substantial investment in education.»

«What makes for a lethal cocktail on this is that the Conservative party wants to devolve 100 % of income tax to the Scottish parliament and then immediately end the right of Scottish MPs to vote on income tax on a matter as substantial as the budget in this parliament of the UK.

New York State Supreme Court Judge Bruce Cozzens Jr. of Nassau County ruled that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Commuter Tax was unconstitutional on the grounds that the law is «a special law, which does not serve substantial state interest».

It found that all the G7 countries except Britain and Germany have substantial tax incentives for companies that increase spending on research.

A 2010 study by Andrew J. Coulson of the Cato Institute found that direct government expenditures, «but not tax credits, impose a substantial and statistically significant additional regulatory burden on participating private schools.»

«In most cases, two - thirds of the FAFSA form can be completed using tax information, so in less than 10 minutes, we were able to address a major educational problem and had a substantial impact on aid applications and college enrollment,» Long said.

A 2010 study by Andrew Coulson of the Cato Institute found that direct government expenditures, «but not tax credits, impose a substantial and statistically significant additional regulatory burden on participating private schools.»