Sentences with phrase «tax policy initiative»

Nor is there any recent tax policy initiative we can point to that accounts for the rapid growth in geared property investment.

«This tax policy initiative seems to be at odds with Canadian international tax policy objectives to discourage taxpayers from deferring Canadian tax by the use of tax havens,» it wrote in a briefing.

The Treasury and Revenue and Customs should critically consider the consultative processes, the report says, and open discussions to develop an agreed code of practice on consultation on tax policy initiatives On CGT, it says there is a strong case for widening the new entrepreneurs» relief and it highlights the compliance difficulties which the new residence and domicile provisions will cause, particularly for lower income migrant workers.

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Prior to that, Matt worked in policy development, assessing the impact of various tax and economic initiatives on competitiveness and investment attraction.

In addition to her work with Milstein, she has provided advisory services to government agencies and for policy initiatives, and she speaks frequently for Republican causes, including tax and regulatory reform.

«The unduly expansive and retroactive application of this initiative based upon a 2005 news release, creates an unreasonable and unmanageable retroactive liability that is incompatible with the commercial certainty that should be inherent in tax policy,» Frank Swedlove, president of the Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association Inc., complained to Finance Canada in a letter last August.

Layton was responding to criticism from Jack Mintz — the economist oft - quoted by Conservative Leader Stephen Harper as justification for his tax policies — that the cap - and - trade system the NDP proposed to cover the cost of $ 3.5 billion worth of green initiatives in the first year would raise gasoline prices by 10 cents per litre.

One would have to go through the individual budgets to derive estimates for the impact of the new policy initiatives — tax and spending changes.

A surplus of only $ 200 million is now forecast for 2015 - 16, down $ 3.5 billion from the surplus of $ 3.7 billion forecast in its April 2013 Update, leaving the Government little flexibility to introduce new policy initiatives, or honour its 2011 election promises of introducing new tax expenditures, in advance of the 2015 election.

The contingency reserve would not be used to finance new policy initiatives, such as the Family Tax Cut and the increase to the Universal Child Care Benefit.

Williams is responsible for facilitating the establishment of numerous statewide and community change initiatives the areas of budget and tax policy, after school programs, older youth transitioning from foster care, poverty alleviation, mental and behavioral health, and neighborhood revitalization.

Regardless of the approach taken, I agree with Blackman and Stark in that the ability of a state to capture federal tax dollars via creative state tax credit initiatives is almost certainly bad tax policy when viewed from the national perspective.

Business and consumer surveys broadly continued to suggest the post-election bounce in sentiment was intact, despite signs some policy initiatives from the Trump administration — including key tax and health care reforms — might take longer to implement, and in some cases be less radical, than earlier indications.

B Lab drives systemic change through three interrelated initiatives: 1) building a community of Certified B Corporations to make it easier for all of us to tell the difference between «good companies» and just good marketing; 2) accelerating the growth of the impact investing asset class through use of B Lab's GIIRS impact rating system by institutional investors; and 3) promoting supportive public policies, including creation of a new corporate form and tax, procurement, and investment incentives for sustainable business.

Build on initiatives aimed at allowing insiders to develop deeper tax expertise in HMT & policy expertise in HMRC.

In the meantime, Cuomo is continuing to tout what he considers his biggest policy achievement last week: Getting the Legislature to pass Start - Up NY, a rebranded version of his economic development initiative Tax Free - NY.

««In addition to offering several other detailed policy initiatives, Steve Levy has called for caps on state spending and on local property taxes for months now, in person and in public,» said the (Levy) source.

In a reference to Cuomo's Start Up New York initiative, Teachout said that «when [Cuomo] sees tech policy all he can think about is tax giveaways, as opposed to... what is needed to build true infrastructure for the next generation of entrepreneurs.»

The newly - minted AG rolled his first policy initiative this morning, announcing a new «Taxpayer Protection Unit» that will target corrupt contractors, pension con - artists, and large - scale tax cheats who rip off New York's government and its taxpayers.

As for other education policy initiatives, the DN's Ken Lovett reports this morning that Cuomo will proposal linking together two proposals that have split the left and the right: The education tax credit and the DREAM Act.

The ad in question featured Cuomo lauding Mangano for his support of the 2 percent property tax cap — a major policy initiative of the governor's first year in office.

Supporters defended Cuomo's liberal credentials throughout the campaign, noting his work to pass same - sex marriage and gun control measures while also working to cut state government dysfunction and boost the economy through business - friendly tax policies and initiatives designed to spur economic development in western New York.

He said he's still holding out hope that deals might yet be had on some of his policy initiatives the Assembly and Senate have rejected, like the SUNY empowerment plan and a property tax cap.

Just as the Party Leadership seized the initiative at our Blackpool Conference offering enterprising policies on issues such as inheritance tax, in the Welsh Assembly under Nick Bourne's leadership we are capitalising on our new platform as the Official Opposition — putting ideas before ideology, people before party politics.

ALBANY, NY (10/04/2013)(readMedia)-- This morning, New York State AFL - CIO President Mario Cilento testified at a joint hearing on existing tax policy and reform initiatives held by the New York State Senate Committee on Finance and the Committee on Investigations and Government Operations.

ALBANY — On top of higher - profile disagreements over education and tax policy, legislators threw several darts at Governor Andrew Cuomo in the one - house budget resolutions they adopted last week by de-funding key administration initiatives.

He has also said repeatedly that tax policy and other initiatives need to be aimed at keeping businesses and residents from moving out of state.

Some of these initiatives include, the Better Buffalo Fund; Upstate Revitalization Initiative; an enhanced historic preservation tax credit; land banks legislation; zombie properties reforms; brownfield redevelopment reforms; Complete Streets law and funding; Community Risk & Resiliency Act; Age Friendly / Health Across All Policies; Cleaner Greener and Clean Energy Communities; Climate - Smart Communities grants; and craft beverage reforms.

The national identification scheme and the national digital address system are part of the special policy initiatives by the government to formalize the economy, broaden the tax base, in order to rake in more revenue to make up for the abolishment of several «nuisance» taxes.

The automatic - attitudes test indicated that the students tended to prefer the politician who did not want to raise taxes to fund environment - friendly policy initiatives.

Brown said the policies he had promoted were addressing those issues: Passage of Prop. 30, the initiative approved by voters two years ago that is generating billions of dollars of extra tax revenues for schools, and the Local Control Funding Formula that is targeting billions of state education funds to low - income students and English learners.

When we examine the education priorities of Texas» political leadership as evidenced by the policy initiatives of the 79th Session of the Texas Legislature, we find a policy mix dominated by three priorities: property tax relief, fixing the broken «Robin Hood» system of school finance, and providing more money for public education.

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The likelihood of significant new policy initiatives to boost the economy if the Fed continues to raise rates looks slim at best, including any tax cuts.

The CRA's new policy is part of the agency's key initiative to target tax cheats, especially offshore tax evaders, and includes $ 444 million earmarked in last year's budget to combat tax evasion over five years.

While emission reductions under Inslee's plan would be relatively small in global terms, it would outline a path for broader action, said Noah Kaufman, who leads the carbon tax research initiative at Columbia University's Center on Global Energy Policy.

So those advocating we waste money on carbon tax and ETS, renewable energy, and world government initiatives like Agenda 21, should stop advocating for those high costs, economy damaging, wasteful policies and start advising people they got it wrong.

Some of the success was because the countries had credible national policies to back the renewable energy sector, such as America's stimulus initiatives and tax credits on clean electricity, she explains.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. government delivered more than twice as many federal dollars to research initiatives, tax incentives and other programs benefiting fossil fuels than it supplied to renewable energy from 2002 to 2008, according to a report released Friday by two public policy groups.

Naomi «Shock Doctrine» Klein, for example, smeared the carbon tax initiative as «right - wing friendly» and «the policy choice of big polluters.»

We also have lots of initiatives promoting sustainability, for example taxing more polluting and less efficient vehicles more heavily, and enforcing strict recycling policies.

That would also include institutional initiatives such as carbon taxes or permitting plans, policies of divestment from fossil fuel investments, direct political pressure, and the ending of fossil fuel subsidies around the world.

Norma Sharara is a Principal in Mercer's Washington Resource Group, focusing on tax - qualified and non-qualified retirement plans, including ERISA fiduciary rules, state - run retirement initiatives and federal retirement policy.

Our lawyer / lobbyists also have the know - how needed to help advocate for public funding, clear regulatory hurdles, obtain favorable tax treatment, and secure other valuable public policy advantages to jump - start, and then sustain, research - related initiatives.

• Managed all client tax, accounting and audit initiatives and trained personnel in financial and tax development and company policies / procedures.

This section provides a variety of framing tools intended to help advocates understand and apply the research findings and recommendations that include budgets and taxes when also talking about potential solutions and policy initiatives for early child development.

Other state initiatives currently in progress include an Ohio call to reform municipal tax policies, a Florida initiative supporting a reduction in the business rent tax, and efforts to permanently sign into law New York's homeownership assistance program, NY First Home.