Sentence examples for controversial levy on from inspiring English sources

The controversial levy on insured bank deposits was ditched.

Only after the country was moving toward sustained prosperity did he increase taxes, including a controversial levy on whiskey.

He stuck by the controversial levy on rich non-domiciled foreigners, and boosted benefits for poor families.

PRESSURE RISES IN CYPRUS  |  Cyprus is scrambling to find ways to finance its bailout, after a controversial levy on bank deposits was rejected by lawmakers.

When it brought in the controversial levy on "surplus" bedrooms in council-owned accommodation, the Government said grants known as discretionary housing payments (DHPs) would protect the most vulnerable.

Meanwhile, Nicos Anastasiades, the president of Cyprus, rejected claims that some of his relatives had moved millions out of the country's banks shortly before a controversial levy on deposits was announced (and later abandoned).

Ms Baird's comments come after the UK's most senior female judge raised concerns about the controversial levy, saying that any policy which places pressure on defendants to plead guilty should be "treated with suspicion".

The controversial levy had been proposed as the condition for a €10 billion ($13 billion) European Union and IMF rescue package.

The controversial levy had been proposed as the condition for the 10bn-euro (£8.7bn; $13bn) EU and IMF bailout.

On Thursday, 101 economists and other health policy experts signed an open letter defending the controversial levy, which takes effect in 2018 as part of the Affordable Care Act.

Initial Treasury estimates suggested the controversial, one-off 50% levy on all bank bonuses worth more than £25,000 would yield £500m when Alistair Darling unveiled the measure last December.