The phrase "a very small tax" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a minor financial charge or levy imposed by a government or organization.
Example: "The new policy includes a very small tax on sugary drinks to encourage healthier choices among consumers."
Alternatives: "a minimal tax" or "a tiny tax".
"It's taken a lot of political capital to get a very small tax, and it shows how powerful the private interests can be," he said.
People earning between $100,000 and $250,000 a year would face a very small tax increase on the order of 0.3percentnt.
A very small tax on Wall Street trading, for example, could raise more than $100 billion a year.
We would enact a Robin Hood Tax -- a very small tax on financial transactions -- to finance the Millennium Development Goals and fight climate change.
The United States used to have a tax of 0.04percentt on stock trades until 1966 and still has a very small tax which is used to finance the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Governor Mark Dayton (D) would like to impose a very small tax increase on people who make more than one million dollars a year -- and that tax would only apply to the money in excess of one million dollars earned each year.
House Republicans have recently voiced support for very small tax increases, but as a group, Republican lawmakers remain significantly to the right of even Mr. Rowland.
The secondary focus of the report is Social Security, which only accounts for a small share of the projected deficit, and moreover, is easily fixable with very small tax increases and tiny decreases in benefits phased in over a long period of time.
A very small federal tax levied on all gas and diesel sold in the United States would raise a significant sum.
My own strong preference has long been to pay a very small graduate tax to fund higher education pretty generously.
A contentious idea in economics is that levying very small taxes on transactions in foreign exchange markets, might help to reduce market volatility.
