Sentence examples for exempted items from inspiring English sources

Smith exempted items such as tobacco and iron from taxation to concentrate on salt and was responsible for expanding and improving the line, increasing its budget to 790,000 rupees per year and the staff to 6,600 men.

Authorities also exempted sentimental items like wedding rings after comparisons were made to the treatment of Jews by Nazi Germany during the Holocaust.

Denmark finalised legislation to do the same last week, but increased the threshold to 10,000 global (£1,015) and exempted sentimental items like wedding rings in the wake of international outrage and internal opposition.

But tariffs are to fall slowly, with many exempt items.

The Council study said staff members bought tax-exempt items at pharmacies, department stores and supermarkets, shopping at 10 stores in each borough.

However, they are not listed on the Government's list of tax exempt items, and the article has been updated to reflect this.

Companies with under 250 employees need not charge and some items, such as uncooked chicken, flowers, live goldfish, axeheads and prescription medication (all of which could combine to make quite the Saturday night) are exempt from the charging, except whenever these goods are purchased with non-exempt items.

One proposal occasionally floated is to increase the sales tax from its current 6percentt (and begin taxing a litany of exempt items -- from luxury boxes at stadiums to food and clothing) and use that revenue to relieve property taxes by providing more school and local aid.

He won 54% of the votes cast in a run-off ballot against Álvaro Colom, from a centre-left coalition.See article: Guatemala's new presidentIn an extraordinary session, Mexico's Congress approved the government's budget, but rejected its plans to levy VAT on exempt items, including food and medicines.Colombia's Congress approved tax increases worth some $700m a year.

To avoid potentially regressive effects one alternative would be to use consumption taxes on "high-end' goods or goods with high negative externalities (e.g., cigarettes) and exempt items such as food.

But this can be compensated by exempting essential items, such as nutritious food and rent, or by providing a rebate to low-income households.I think it's a marvelous idea, but I have a follow-up question.