In recent years there has been a proliferation of carbon offsetting schemes, specifically designed for individual travellers or for package tours.

He imposed taxes on the islands, but allowed the Arab governors to continue their rule.

Voters want less spending, not higher taxes.

The imposition of arbitrary taxes is reportedly commonplace.

The US and the UK don t want to weaken their competitive advantage by taxing banks while some other countries do not.

Higher taxes on the rich, while justified, don t come close to solving the deficit crisis.

The panel found that expensive, global carbon taxes would be the worst option.

Ideas for carbon taxes run into resistance everywhere.

Then, the French imposed their brilliantly conceived airline tax to create a something called UNITAID, got a bunch of other countries to help.

Oil and gas companies are taxed 46 percent on income derived from the sale of hydrocarbons and derivative products.

Those items must be returned to Kuwait unconditionally and without the imposition of taxes and duty.

But more spending on these items will require less spending on other things or higher taxes.

The economist Barry Eichengreen once explored the imposition of capital levies in the aftermath of World Wars I and II.

For example, the monarch cannot impose and collect new taxes such an action requires the authorisation of an Act of Parliament.

Foreigners cannot vote for the higher taxes or lower expenditure needed to service the debt.

So higher taxes on property and lower taxes on income would contribute to the creation of a more dynamic, competitive economy.

And you're going to get hurt again.

British voters line up behind the truck drivers when protests are launched against hikes in the price of petrol, not least through the introduction of higher energy taxes.

Several participants expressed their support for innovative sources of development finance, including global taxes.

That no tax pledge, and the public attitudes that led Obama to make it, block reasonable policies.

The allure of such appeals is that a crackdown on others tax avoidance will mean that you personally will pay less in taxes.

His main opponent, Socialist leader François Hollande, would impose higher taxes mainly on the wealthy and the financial sector, but also on big business.

Fears of future wealth taxes could discourage entrepreneurship and lower the saving rate.

Marx had been emotionally close to his father, and treasured his memory after his death.

Its business leaders will hunker down and try to move their wealth out of the companies they run for fear of high future corporate taxes.

Higher taxes may be justified for other reasons, but are unlikely to solve the problem described.

A well designed tax on oil would also reduce demand, thereby lowering the potential for windfall profits for those who rule or own the ground over the oil deposits.

But the low price of gas will impede the development of renewable energy sources unless accompanied by subsidies or carbon taxes.

And green taxes such as on carbon emissions would shift consumption patterns while discouraging energy intensive exports.

Principles like it is better to tax bad things than good things might suggest imposing environmental taxes.

Higher transactions taxes increase the cost of capital, ultimately lowering investment.

The government needs to encourage conservation, and intervening in the price system namely, through taxes on energy is an efficient way to do it.

However, the imposition of identical charges on commuters, whose private use of a company car did not exceed 1,000 kilometres per year, would only have resulted in higher taxation of this group, without improving the author's situation.

Indeed, it might be a Nixon in China moment a wealthy politician at the pinnacle of power advocating higher taxes for the rich could change the course of history.

Coalition members could also agree to provide stronger incentives to their own producers, through either more stringent caps on emissions or higher taxes on pollution.

High tax rates on labor together with rigid regulation of hiring and firing make employers extremely reluctant to recruit workers.

Finally, it is often claimed that high CO2 taxes and subsidies for green technology will actually do good, and again Denmark is often taken as an example. After all, it is argued, Denmark has kept its CO2 emissions flat while enjoying 70 economic growth since 1981.

Taxation in Namibia includes personal income tax, which is applicable to total taxable income of an individual and all individuals are taxed at progressive marginal rates over a series of income brackets.

This generation of American diplomats is fast overcoming a reputation for being remote, emotionally distant figures.

Corporations are also differently taxed from natural persons.

Thus far, the Obama administration has followed the opposite strategy, letting rip with new spending, while hoping that concern over deficits and debt will lead to pressure for higher taxes, possibly even a European style value added tax.

Still, the IMF is right on grounds of both fairness and efficiency to raise the idea of temporary wealth taxes in advanced countries to relieve fiscal distress.

Coordination and efficiency of procedures would be of great help to investors, and heavy taxation would only favour the informal business sector over the formal.

2270 Taxes and charges for sensitive product categories

2370 Taxes and charges for sensitive product categories