Even the United States has imposed a windfall profits tax.

In November 2004, the Finance Minister announced that under the new international rules, agreed to by the United Kingdom, the Territory was no longer permitted to allow international business companies (IBCs) to operate in the Territory tax free, while income tax was being imposed on local businesses.

Consequently, for the time being the US economy has been able to pay the oil tax imposed by speculators.

That is why the energy tax must be imposed as a tax substitution, with income or payroll taxes simultaneously reduced to keep real resource transfers to government at a constant level.

What makes the energy imposed as a tax substitution tax particularly attractive as a defense measure is that it leaves the welfare state intact while making Europe safer, greener, and richer.

(Such returns will, in any case, get a substantial benefit because the tax is not imposed until the gain is realized.)

While tax reform was high on President Felipe Calderón s agenda during last year s presidential campaign, electoral reform was not. Instead, it has been imposed upon him by a strange and extreme version of political horse trading.

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

France imposed on its banks strong transparency and reporting requirements for banking activities in tax havens, in addition to the international standard for information exchange.

It was a weekend of carefree play while breaking away from imposed and self imposed stereotypes, confusion, control, and judgement.

While the war raged, Austria imposed huge tax burdens on the city and did not begin to provide it with any adequate administration until peace returned.

A cease and desist order was issued and a fine imposed.

The penalty imposed was a one year term of Rigorous Imprisonment .

Federally imposed tax cuts produced an estimated 57 million in revenue losses in 2003, which were partly offset by a 5 million payment from the United States Treasury Department.

A new tax code was adopted, with lower and fewer taxes, notably a flat income tax of 13 .

The Payroll Tax Bill was passed in December 2004.

The fine was the third largest imposed to date by the Turkish agency.

The Government of Uganda decided in 1994 to liberalize the gold trade, revoke the gold export tax of 3 to 5 per cent, and relax all administrative burdens imposed on trading companies.

The indirect tax system was substantially changed in July 2000 with the introduction of a 10 Goods and Services Tax (GST).

He was sentenced to life imprisonment, hard labour (abolished in 2003) not being imposed.

There was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector, and he was rich.

Effective January 1, 2003, the Income Tax Act was amended by the Ontario Legislature to end the Equity in Education Tax Credit.

The boat belonged to some destitute people who were using it as a means of their living in the sea . The king had imposed a certain amount of tax on every undamaged boat .

The boat belonged to some destitute people who were using it as a means of their living in the sea . The king had imposed a certain amount of tax on every undamaged boat .

In Thailand, an excise tax of 30 on CFC is imposed, and in Romania a fee of 10 million Lei (approx. US  250) is to be paid by importers for obtaining a license.

The income tax rate was decreased to 21 by January 2008.

The intention was collective punishment, imposed partly in response to Hamas s political control of Gaza.

It was hard to understand what the underlying calculus was when the Bush administration imposed that tariff on steel imports.

This infant democracy was harshly interrupted when martial law was imposed in December 1981, with Solidarity outlawed and dissidents arrested.

The counterpart of the United Nations Model Tax Convention, the OECD Model Tax Convention (and its Commentary) was further amended in 2003 and 2005.

Most importantly, the renminbi was allowed to appreciate, and the export tax rebate was virtually eliminated.

Greenspan s irresponsible support of that tax cut was critical to its passage.

The gasoline tax, which brings in 2.6 trillion, was to be abolished.

In January 2005, the personal income tax rate was reduced to 24 .

Peter told the senate that its mission was to collect tax revenues.

The Great Depression was aggravated by the trade barriers that countries imposed to protect domestic employment.

That was why a solution should be imposed by the United Nations and the international community.

Despite this economic orthodoxy, Vázquez s government also pursued important policy innovations protection of human rights was improved tax reform, including introduction of a general, progressive income tax was undertaken and a more inclusive health system was created.

The question was, what conditions would be imposed on Greece? How big would be the adverse impact?

Iraq is not like Vietnam, where American departure was followed by stability imposed by an authoritarian government.

The court imposed a small fine on the driver. Mansoor was not even mentioned in the judgement.

Mr. Solari Yrigoyen asked if it was true that overly lenient sentences were imposed for sexual crimes.

The United Nations was not created to disseminate the notion that order should be imposed by force.

He therefore regretted to say that, in the case of Gibraltar, the Committee's inactivity was self imposed.

Tax revenue can be raised without increasing marginal tax rates by limiting the tax subsidies that are built into the current tax code.