Sentences with phrase «taxing people rather»

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At benefits company Stride Health, which sells and manages healthcare benefits to «gig» workers like Uber drivers, CEO Noah Lang said that he would want to be sure that the replacement plan has tax credits available to people as they need them, rather than at the end of the year only.

Rather than its narrowly - framed focus on wealthy individuals taking unfair tax advantage, people are beginning to wonder whether the proposals will hit more broadly than pitched, and whether that in itself is unfair.

In 2013, however, Congress extended those cuts with the American Taxpayer Relief Act, rather than letting people's tax bills jump.

Fredrick Petrie, author of «The End of Work: Financial Planning for People With Better Things To Do,» recommends «taxing» yourself in order to get more money out of your wallet and into the bank — this way you'll make savings a priority from the get - go, rather than budgeting everything else first and then seeing what is left over for savings.

«If those with seriously illnesses are going to be subsidized, and there is widespread agreement in Congress that they are going to be subsidized, I think [it's] far better for that to happen from direct tax revenue rather than forcing a bunch of other people to pay much higher premiums,» Cruz told me last week.

Second of all, the reason that the government set an income cut - off to Roth IRA eligibility and also set a low annual contribution limit is because the Roth IRA is intended to help regular people build wealth, rather than allow high - income people to stash away tons of money and avoid taxes.

Dividends on its $ 3bn of preferred stock will be taxed at the 35 per cent rate for foreign dividends, rather than the 14 per cent rate that would prevail in the US, according to people familiar with the arrangements.

If you'd rather avoid paying online, Washington County offers the option to pay in person at the county tax office in Hillsboro, over the phone or by mail.

I'd rather have our taxes spent on improving people's lives than destroying them (the massively over-bloated defense budget in this country).

I have yet to file my own taxes as they are rather complex, but I have filed plenty of other people's and provided you read carefully, it's not difficult.

Rather than having the poor on the public dole, thus providing a double hit, not paying taxes, and also requiring huge amounts of support, they believe in getting people back to work.

Churches are tax exempt because they operate on donations, rather than people buying a product or service.

The church continued to teach the people that the principle of the tithe still stood, but that now, rather than send this money to the church through the government tax collectors, the people could give it directly to the church itself.

Rather than talking about marginal tax rates — which few people fully understand — savvy politicians should support a law that would state that no citizen can be compelled to give more than half of his annual income to any government entity.

«Most people would rather we do that than raise the taxes.»

«Taxes are like recycling our own money; that is an investment rather than to say we are overtaxing the people or something like that.

A question I raised before is what to make of the contention that increased benefits and tax credits in the past decade have successfully raised many people from just beneath the poverty line (60 % of median income) to just above it; However, these gains are said to disguise real and more entrenched increases in poverty - if the poverty line were 40 % of median income rather than 60 %, three quarters of a million more people would now be in poverty than in 1997 -LRB-?)

Dr Osei believes revenue collection is inefficient and said strengthening the country's current systems to boost tax collection should be considered rather than increasing taxes, which, he feels, will be a disincentive for people to invest.

It's also common to see charitable donations as being a kind of optional tax (both are a person spending their resources for the benefit of society, rather than themselves).

«When it comes to a choice between taxing what people choose to buy and taxing work,» wrote the Deputy Prime Minister in the Independent on Sunday on 27 June, «it is liberal to come down on the side of consumption rather than payroll taxes.

-- Vote against the finance bill after listening to the people's concerns over issues like the 10p tax rate (assuming the bill remains talking about retrospective taxation)-- Recognise the much bulkier and more vast argument against 42 days legislation and support the rebellion against this legislation rather than supporting the PR men and the policy writers to the hilt regardless of the realities of the situation.

(It seems likely that the main rise in public spending and reduction of tax revenue over the 2008 - present period has been due to economic contraction rather than policy change - unemployed people claim benefits, don't pay tax on wages and pay much less VAT on purchases.

«We did not become the most taxed state in America by accident; it is due to a systematic break down caused by politicians beholden to big donors and party leaders rather than the people,» Giambra said.

Tax credit cuts threatened people in work, rather than just the demonised unemployed.

Remember when, in PMQs a few months ago, David Cameron said, «I think that the right thing to do is to cut the taxes of people who are in work, rather than taking more in taxes and then redistributing it through tax credits»?

We would encourage people to bring in the raw materials and let them produce and give employment and we will get income tax from the employment and let them make profit; and when profits are made, we will get corporate tax from the profit, and so rather killing the business at the port like the NDC is doing, we will let them come in and we will make profits.»

Clegg was confident, pleasing the crowd, and giving us a more specific message about the Lib Dems in coalition — the behind - the - scenes bloopers we didn't see, rather than the standard boring trope of rattling off what they have achieved (but don't worry, taking «3 million people on low pay out of income tax» certainly got a mention — and huge cheer as well.)

«The government is continuing with failed economic policies which serve City bankers and tax - dodging corporations like Starbucks, Amazon and Google, rather than ordinary people.»

One is to locate intangible property for tax purposes where the person making the intangible property payment is located rather than where the person who is entitled to receive the intangible property payment is located, because the person making the payment often has less freedom to change their location and is often more closely associated with the production of the income.

On Monday, Mandelson, a former business secretary and party adviser, said he preferred the Liberal Democrats» proposal to extend the council tax system, saying that would be better than «just sort of clobbering people with a rather sort of crude short - term mansion tax».

Three people familiar with the commission's deliberations told Capital that rather than an income - tax cut, which was hinted at by committee co-chair and former governor George Pataki, committee members are instead focusing on some sort of property tax «circuit - breaker,» where individuals would get a break on local levies if their property taxes were adjudged to be too high as a function of their income.

Another concern: To maximize state savings, agencies may overlook people in jobs that are paid for by federal rather than New York tax dollars.

There will also be a «substantial increase» in personal tax allowances for lower and middle - income people from April 2011 - rather than the Conservative plan to raise employees» NI thresholds

Farage: «We think people like nurses being dragged into the 40p tax bracket, is something that has happened rather cynically.»

We need to make sure that we are in control over the things that affects us.Anytime there is flood and people loose their life, most of the blame goes to sitting presidents.I am not saying that the central government does not have responsibility to ensure that enabling environment is created.They have a great work to do but as citizens what is our quota?When you move around Accra, sometimes i becomes angry within myself because i am in doubt as to whether our sanitation laws exit.People because of the tax they claim they pay waits for zoom lion workers to come and clean the choked gutters before our houses and shops either than that, it will remain like that.Is it modernity or civilization that has turned us to forget our traditional values or duties of ensuring that our environments is clean?Everybody in our Ghanaian setting knows the responsibility of men and women in making sure that our environments are clean not waiting for flood to occur and we start blaming sitting presidents.To the media, though your responsibility is to keep governments on it toes, you equally have a mandate in educating the public of what we are expected to do as citizens in other to ensure that our dear nation is a better ecosystem for all of us to live.The attention of the media should be shifted from making politicians popular to making us aware as citizens of our responsibilities.I sometimes get confused to hear journalists calling opponents to comment on issues concerning the sitting governments and the only thing that comes to my mind is what do the journalist want to hear from the political opponents?Nothing.They will end up criticizing without giving an alternative.The media should rather resort in questioning people directly to where the problems are coming from.Let us build our institutions.When it comes to energy issues.Citifm will call Hon.KT Hammond who was a deputy minister living who he worked under (His boss at that time) and I always become confused because what can we expect from him?nothing.

The base price of a Lamborghini Centenario LP770 - 4 was set at $ 1,750,000 before taxes, however the Geneva show car had a rather expensive option fitted... a $ 300,000 clear carbon fiber body, combining both glossy and matte finished carbon fiber being visible everywhere while details on the front bumper, side sills and rear diffuser received a yellow finish for added contrast... however those 20 fortunate people that put their order in already can select from any shade possible, including the entire Ad Personam list.

It could be the zeitgeist, I don't know, but people are talking more about supporting community businesses rather than sucking money out of the community and giving it to American tax dodgers.»

Not to mention pays sales taxes, donates to charity, pays property taxes, doesn't operate warehouses like sweatshops, has in - person support rather then just a website or 800 number.

The term «stretch» does not represent a specific type of IRA; rather it is a financial strategy that allows people to stretch out the life — and therefore the tax advantages — of an IRA.

It is true that some people would rather overpay their taxes and get a return than worry about possibly underpaying and having a tax bill due on April 15th.

In this case, people aren't taxed on a scale (like the marginal tax rate), but rather, flat across the board.

According to this article at TaxTips.ca, in that top tax bracket the same person would pay just 26.76 % on capital gains, although I was shocked to learn that the rate on eligible Canadian dividends is a rather stiff 39.34 % (in the highest tax bracket).

Wouldn't it be easier to give people tax deductions rather than tax credits?

I find far too often people are preoccupied with tax deferral at all costs rather than minimizing tax over their lifetime — which to me is a more prudent strategy for those with patience and foresight.

This also assumes you're lumping sales tax into EXPENSES rather than TAXES - few people separately track sales tax as it's an accounting nightmare.

Typically, this is the best solution for people who owe smaller amounts of back taxes (again, less than $ 10,000), as it's far easier to pay back the debt when it's been spread out over a 3 year period of time, rather than requiring the entire amount to be paid all at once.

It does make sense to try to get people to spread their withdrawals out earlier, rather than having the estate end with a large lump - sum tax, though the argument can be made that the current minimums are too high.

For example, gains realized on stocks held for less than a year are taxed at ordinary income tax rates — which max out at 39.6 % — rather than at the long - term capital gains rate of 15 % to 20 % for most people.

If we must have another forced saving plan, far better it should be invested in individual savings accounts — people would be more likely then to regard their contributions as savings, rather than a tax.

@stanri it is not the government that is charging but rather that the tax preparation software people.