Sentence examples for enacted retroactively from inspiring English sources

How far it should apply to "legacy" assets, and whether it can be enacted retroactively (eg, to help Spain or Ireland) are hotly debated.

Mark Luscombe, principal federal tax analyst at CCH, a publisher of research and software for tax lawyers and accountants, noted that when these patches expired in 2009 and were re-enacted retroactively at the end of 2010, the delay wreaked havoc with tax planning.

While it is widely believed that taxes cannot be retroactive, Congress in 2006 enacted a law retroactively raising taxes on teenagers who had worked or had taxable income in an investment account to pay for college.

The IPA, which can be read in full over at GitHub, will be retroactively enacted for any patent under the Twitter umbrella.

Language was perverted ("brutal" and "ruthless" were terms of praise), laws were enacted to sanction mayhem retroactively, and faith in science yielded pseudo-archaic notions of "blood and soil".

I strongly disagree with the comment by Thomas J. Snyder, secretary of the family law section of the New Jersey State Bar Association, that "if this bill is enacted, it will be retroactively applied to people who have previously given up their children with the expectation and promises of privacy".

Indeed, the tax in this case was imposed retroactively; the statute was enacted in August 1909 but was made effective retroactively to January 1 , 1909

A better idea, in my opinion, is to let the fiscal cliff occur as scheduled and enact a fix retroactively, as soon as possible.

If, instead, Congress retroactively enacts the estate and GST rules applicable in 2009 so that they would apply to grandparent's gift, the gift tax rate imposed would increase to 45% ($4,050,000 after application of grandparent's unified credit) and GST at a 45% rate would be imposed (based on a complex formula) in the amount of $1,282,500.

If an investigation is not allowed, they ask if the board has the power to retroactively enact sanctions created earlier this year, which could include censure or removal of Pattiz from all chairmanships and committees.

You are expected to continue your service and will continue to accrue your living allowance, but you will receive payment of your living allowance retroactively once an appropriations measure has been enacted.