Sentence examples for higher surcharge from inspiring English sources

That means revenue from a higher surcharge on personal income tax will begin to dwindle this year, and the sales tax will disappear on clothing under $100.

Mr. Hevesi said he would consider, in an economic downturn, pushing for a higher surcharge on the city's personal income tax, to pay for increased spending on schools.

American regulators pushed for a higher surcharge and better loss-absorbing capital, while European regulators, especially those in Germany and France, preferred a lower surcharge and broader definition of capital.

In a letter to the chancellor, the shadow chief secretary to the Treasury, Chris Lesliem wrote: "Following the European Council this week and the concern over the increased contribution from the UK government to the European Union budget you have serious questions to answer about how long the UK government has known about the possibility of a higher surcharge for the UK.

A design approach of using a higher surcharge to shorten consolidation time is also elaborated.

For an even higher surcharge, passengers will be fitted with a virtual reality helmet that makes them believe that their hot seatmate is spending the flight rubbing their thigh.

Bernanke also took an activist view of sorts by plumping for a return to regulatory reform and advocating that banks need to pay higher surcharges to help the country bail them out if things go wrong.

So it proved recently, when a recalculation of national statistics led to unexpectedly large bills for Britain, the Netherlands and others, with a demand for payment by December 1st.Although some countries faced higher surcharges per person, Britain's overall bill, at €2.1 billion ($2.6 billion), was the biggest and the reaction of its prime minister, David Cameron, the stormiest.

Others, however, predicted that insurers would react by imposing higher surcharges than planned on younger smokers, raising the premium surcharges on older smokers as well.

Smokers in states with low surcharges were actually less likely than smokers in no-surcharge states to participate in quitting programs, while higher surcharges didn't have a statistically significant effect either way, the study found.

The House plan, which passed that chamber in May, would involve slightly higher surcharges but would set an overall cap of 8.5% to protect student borrowers against significant rate increases.