Sentences with phrase «than a taxpayer taking»

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The research also shows that 49 percent of taxpayers who took the deduction had income below $ 50,000 and 69 percent earned less than $ 75,000.

Admittedly, it takes a rather mundane $ 135,055 of individual annual income to make it into the top federal tax bracket in Canada, as opposed to more than US$ 400,000 in the U.S. Taxpayers who fall below that U.S. threshold are, generally speaking, better off south of the border.

The Conservative proposals take up a large part of the surplus but puts money in taxpayer's pockets, some more than others.

Charitable deductions apply only to taxpayers who itemize rather than take the standard deduction.

Now, the tax law that took effect January 1st allows LLCs and partnerships to have a much lower rate than individual taxpayers and corporations get the lowest rate of all.

White House adviser Kellyanne Conway cost taxpayers thousands of dollars last year — taking numerous trips across the country on private planes, rather than commercial flights, according to House Democrats.

But he said the gist of the call was that Cuomo had created a commission to investigate public corruption by elected officials, and made specific mention of Assemblywoman Carmen Arroyo, alleging she has bilked taxpayers out of more money than «some of us take home in a year.»

Only about 5 % of taxpayers choose the $ 3 check off for public campaign funding (which is about $ 23 million per year because there are about 150 million 1040 tax returns filed each year), but public television, radio, the NEA and the NEH might get closer to the 25 - 27 % percent participation that the check off got when it was started (bringing the take to perhaps $ 115 million a year), because their programming is probably more popular than campaign funding for politicians.

While Medicaid represents the single largest cost to Erie County, more than $ 211.7 million this year alone — the local share of more than $ 1 billion annually — prior administrations failed to take significant action to help reduce this burden on local taxpayers.

«While Medicaid represents the single largest cost to Erie County, at more than $ 211 million this year alone, prior administrations have failed to take significant action to help reduce this burden on local taxpayers,» said Poloncarz.

It would take help and capacity away from where it is needed by assigning more than 100 officials and that would of course create significant cost for taxpayers.»

Cole said most Upstate taxpayers who itemize their returns will likely see a net tax decrease if they take the larger standard deduction than Trump has proposed.

JAMESTOWN - The chairman of the Chautauqua County Democratic Committee is taking Sen. Catherine Young's (R - Olean) office to task for sending out campaign - style mailers using taxpayer money, less than a month before the General Election.

Families are right to ask why it is just parents taking this hit rather than all taxpayers.

«It is clear Martins cares far more about using money taken directly from the wallets of Nassau County taxpayers to campaign for himself than he does about ethics reform, which he has blocked at every turn in Albany.

If it is extreme to speak out against a government take - over of our best - in - the - world health care system, 2 / 3rd's of our automobile industry, and subsidization of a high - risk banking and mortgage system at the expense of small businesses and taxpayers, than I fully support the «extremism» of Dr. Nan Hayworth..

More than 21,000 Revenue and Customs workers could take action over HMRC plans to use private sector providers to answer phone calls from taxpayers.

At the start of this year, half the co-ops had failed, taking with them more than $ 1 billion in taxpayer loans.

«Currently for assessing tax due from periods more than four years in the past, HMRC must demonstrate that the taxpayer failed to take reasonable care or acted deliberately non-compliantly.

Walker, flanked by Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and budget committee co-chair Sen. Alberta Darling, said his proposal was a win for taxpayers and would result in property tax bills for the median valued home by 2014 that are lower than when he took office.

Under the scheme, under - 25s on Jobseeker's Allowance for more than a year - two years for others - would have to take a taxpayer - subsidised job for six months or risk losing benefits.

Only a bit more than a quarter of the taxpayers in Western New York take the deduction for state and local taxes that a Republican tax plan would trim by 71 percent, but Cuomo and Schumer insisted cutting the «SALT» deduction would harm the vast majority of taxpayers in the state.

Despite having taken more than four hundred thousand dollars in taxpayer - funded government salaries, Claudia Tenney has gotten more done for New York City than her upstate constituents.

He added that Schneiderman has filed more than 100 lawsuits at taxpayer expense against the Trump administration and the federal government while being «totally invisible» when it comes to taking on the Buffalo Billion scandal and other Albany corruption.

«Many states already have laws in place granting state income tax credits for donations to certain funds, and the IRS has allowed taxpayers who take advantage of these credits to deduct their payments as charitable contributions rather than as state taxes,» the analysis stated.

«Jeff Klein and his fellow Senate Democrats raised taxes on New Yorkers by more than $ 14 billion dollars the last two years, cost the state tens of thousands of jobs, took away billions in property tax relief from homeowners and spent taxpayer money like drunken sailors.»

Many states and districts will take the easier path than trying to educate ALL children, disadvantaged students will lose out, and millions of young people who could have become hard - working taxpayers will end up jobless, in prison, or worse.

Lots of people took much better photos than mine, but I just wanted to point out that we took over the streets outside the Federal Building, the State of Illinois Building, and City Hall, the key landmarks of government, paid for by us taxpayers and filled with people whom we vote into and can vote out of office.

Biggs and Richwine conclude that after taking everything into account, «teachers actually receive salary and benefits that are 52 percent greater than fair market levels, equivalent to more than $ 120 billion overcharged to taxpayers each year.»

While I am a gambling woman, and I would bet my savings on the historically - rooted predictions above, should anybody want to take that bet, I would walk away from this one altogether in that in the state of Arizona, alone, this «initiative» is set to cost taxpayers more than $ 22.5 million a year, $ 9 million more than the state is currently paying for its NCLB testing program (i.e., the Arizona Instrument to Measure Statndards [AIMS]-RRB-.

The CTA takes the inherently political view that more of scarce taxpayer resources should be devoted to education rather than other needed government services, such as parks or public safety.

Filing as head of household provides you with a larger standard deduction and allows you to take advantage of tax brackets that are more favorable than those available to single taxpayers.

Still, many taxpayers who find they owe more than expected might have little choice than to use their card and take some time to pay back their debt to the taxman.

If you are an active participant (making annual additions or accruing a benefit) in a company plan and make more than $ 65,000 as a single taxpayer in 2009 (or $ 109,000 as a married joint taxpayer) then you are disqualified from taking the full deduction.

Or, what if millions of taxpayers suddenly take the standard deduction rather than deduct mortgage interest?

Expenses beyond $ 2,500 may be taken as an itemized deduction if the total of those expenses is more than 3 % of the taxpayer's net Iowa income (line 26 of the Iowa 1040).

Many taxpayers take the standard deduction rather than itemizing their tax deductions, even though some taxpayers with mortgages or home equity loans could have saved money by itemizing.

Still, many taxpayers who owe more than they expected might have little choice but to use their card and take their time paying back the taxman.

«More and more taxpayers are filing their returns electronically each year and finding that it takes them far less time than filling out paper forms, and puts their refund in their hand much sooner.»

Well maybe when they get it to go more than 250 miles, take only 10 minutes to recharge, not require $ $ $ $ of taxpayer subsidy, operate in conditions less intense than outback Australia, and oh yea, look half - way decent, give us a call.

«One of our take - home messages is that conservation programs are currently a cheaper and more efficient greenhouse gas policy for taxpayers than corn - ethanol production,» said study leader and Duke biologist Robert Jackson.

No firms gain more by dragging out litigation than the big firms because they have the clients with the tens and hundreds of millions of dollars of capitalization who can afford, with the help of the taxpayer, to pay the astronomical fees they charge for as long as it takes to take on similar corporations similarly represented, or to squash the little guy (which is why FCT has McCarthy's on retainer and Stewart has Borden's on retainer — the given real estate file / title insurance claim is small potatoes but the title insurers make it dead obvious that if you sue them, you will up against a Big Firm.

Natasha Miklaucic and Charles Marquette are tax lawyers and combined have more than 50 years of experience helping taxpayers take advantage of the CRA's Voluntary Disclosures Program.

Losses of more than $ 50 billion on mortgages it insured as the housing bubble burst caused it to take a taxpayer subsidy of $ 1.7 billion last year, the first in its 80 - year history.

«Non-banks don't have to have capital, which could mean that taxpayers are more exposed than in 2009 if numerous defaults take place among loans made by non-banks,» Wachter says.