Abolition of taxes on realized capital gains increased the sales of shares enormously.

Strauss Kahn s response that taxes on capital flows are costly and ineffective is therefore unfortunate.

There are no income, estate or capital gains taxes.

Inflation remains contained, but, more to the point, China s government has an arsenal of other weapons (from taxes on capital inflows and capital gains taxes to a variety of monetary instruments) at its disposal.

Direct interventions, restrictions on short term capital inflows, capital gains taxes, and stabilizing prudential banking regulations will all have to be considered.

Political interference in the stock market is not merely about taxes on capital gains, dividends, and income.

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

He asked for and got cuts in capital gains, dividend, and income taxes.

Property or capital gains taxes could help curb demand for housing as an investment vehicle.

Taxes. Obama would raise the top marginal tax rates on wages, capital gains, dividends, interest, and estates, especially on higher income individuals and small businesses.

Taxes and other restrictions on capital inflows, the IMF s economists wrote, can be helpful, and they constitute a legitimate part of policymakers toolkit.

Donor financing and property taxes may be options to provide supplemental capital resources to such funds.

The International Monetary Fund has put its stamp of approval on capital controls, thereby legitimizing the use of taxes and other restrictions on cross border financial flows.

There are plenty of profits to be made actual taxes on capital are not too high, and cheap finance is available to the corporate sector.

China could usefully explore shifting part of the burden from labor toward property, capital gains, and inheritance taxes.

But, lacking capital and forced to pay taxes, what fate awaits industries driven by the state into the market?

CAMBRIDGE It s official. The International Monetary Fund has put its stamp of approval on capital controls, thereby legitimizing the use of taxes and other restrictions on cross border financial flows.

During World War II, for example, political support for great fortunes diminished and the government sharply increased taxes on capital gains, dividends, and high incomes in general.

Using a measure of comprehensive income money income, total capital gains on wealth, imputed rent on owner occupied housing, non cash government benefits, and public consumption income taxes are generally progressive.

Taxes generally have little redistributive effect, because most countries rely heavily on indirect taxes.

Evasion of excise taxes is more contagious than evasion of taxes on profits and incomes.

At best, taxes will eventually be raised and spending cut, with a negative effect on growth at worst, the outcome may be direct capital levies (default) or indirect ones (inflation).

Unfortunately, any country that taxes capital too aggressively will only succeed in chasing it to regions where the tax burden is lighter.

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

Property taxes, excise taxes, import duties, and sales taxes all of which are paid, directly or indirectly, by corporations can have a magnified impact on corporate profits, and hence on the stock market.

The contribution of fiscal policy to growth is negligible in the presence of fixed exchange rates, a system heavily reliant on indirect taxes, increasing pressure from external debt and free capital mobility.

Indohaadde's representatives collect taxes on a weekly basis.

One of them is a reserve requirement on cross border flows successfully implemented in Chile, Colombia, and elsewhere or, even better, on cross border liabilities. Taxes on inflows can play a similar role, as can minimum stay periods for capital inflows.

Among fiscal measures, the reduction of taxes and the granting of tax breaks in selected areas such as venture capital financing were of particular importance.

The total tax burden on families also includes sales taxes, which are steeply regressive, and property taxes, which are progressive.

More subtly, the evasion of direct taxes on incomes and profits reflects the mess in the system of indirect taxes levied on production and consumption.

The key is to reflect on six kinds of capital goods business capital, infrastructure, human capital, intellectual capital, natural capital, and social capital.

2390 Internal taxes and charges levied on imports n.e.s.

This will include ending the war in Iraq, raising taxes on the rich, and also gradually phasing in new consumption taxes.

Re erecting barriers to capital flows in the form of international taxes, thereby cordoning off crises before they turn global, is therefore another task for government.

Lowering taxes on the poor and raising unemployment benefits while simultaneously increasing taxes on the rich can stimulate the economy, reduce the deficit, and reduce inequality.

Of that amount, 112,000 derives from import taxes , 308,000 from export taxes and 57,000 from berth taxes .

The tax system should be reformed by increasing reliance on income progressive taxes, restructuring the property tax and introducing reasonably progressive taxes.

To put it another way, spending is financed either by current taxes or through borrowing, and borrowing amounts to future taxes, which have almost the same impact on economic performance as current taxes.

But since when does one pay taxes on embezzled funds?

Property or capital gains taxes could help curb demand for housing as an investment vehicle. In addition, a comprehensive nationwide housing policy is urgently needed to ensure that housing remains affordable, particularly for those on limited incomes.

Meanwhile, Romney s plan would actually increase taxes on middle income families.

It paid taxes on wheat, barley, olives, and goats or beehives.

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Vast amounts of debt financed spending will require higher future taxes, which will divert capital and labor from higher value uses than can be sustained without permanent government lifelines.