Sentence examples for imposes a levy from inspiring English sources

Supporters of a financial transactions tax note that Britain already imposes a levy of $50 per $10,000 of stocks traded, while Hong Kong and Singapore, with fast-growing financial markets, impose fees of $10 to $20 per $10,000 of the value of certain transactions.

Many Cypriots, shocked that the bailout imposes a levy on bank deposits of up to 10%, were seen queuing to withdraw cash.

An Old World version of the New York-New Jersey Port Authority, the corporation imposes a levy on every ship entering a U.K. port.

Texas, for example, imposes a levy on home pages and double- taxes Internet service providers — once for leasing phone lines and again for access to those same lines.

Under the fiscal cliff deal, the estate tax imposes a levy of 40% on inheritances of over $5.2 million.

South Korea is, for example, considering imposing a levy on banks' foreign currency liabilities.

That's why we imposed a levy on the banks in our first budget.

It imposed a levy of 0.45percentt of taxable income, meaning someone earning $75,000 paid nearly $350 annually.

Four years later, the tribe still has not imposed a levy on the smoke shops.

It has imposed a levy on the country's banks, equivalent to 120 billion forints ($560m) or 0.5% of GDP.

But Mr. Barroso said that American and European positions were converging on some issues, including imposing a levy on banks.