Now, as a result of the irresponsible fiscal management that has become so commonplace in tax-and-spend states like California, New York and Michigan, Gov. Granholm is seeking federal taxpayer dollars for her state, as well as the auto industry.
The use of intra-group loans is commonplace in the tax planning activities of multinationals.
For this reason, Milton Friedman, an economist known for his laissez-faire beliefs, wanted to replace all welfare with a simpler system that combined a guaranteed minimum income with a flat tax.Although the basic income has so far failed to take off, it does have a commonplace cousin: the tax-free allowance.
Some features that he did describe, such as free education for all and a graduated income tax, are now commonplace.
Now, as comparisons with Al Capone, another notorious man of violence finally jailed for tax crimes, became commonplace, they finally turned their backs.
It doesn't help that, in Greece, tax evasion is commonplace and pension rights are unusually generous – but, to be fair, using public spending to even out the bumps of the global downturn is what most large developed economies are trying to do right now.
Like pizza and not showering, flagrant tax evasion is commonplace in Italy a place where even former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi once claimed that dodging the tax man is a "natural right" and people smuggle their unreported ducats out of the country in their underpants.
Much like tobacco taxes introduced in the latter half of the last century — and now commonplace in most developed countries — taxes on carbon emissions act both as a deterrent and as a source of revenue with which to finance clean energy solutions, proponents say.
By then, income taxes had become commonplace in Europe.
For lorry drivers in poor countries, for example, it can be even more commonplace than paying tolls or taxes.
