Sentence examples for imposing a levy on from inspiring English sources

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

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

He wants the money raised from imposing a levy on all sugary drinks to go towards educating children about healthy lifestyles.

The fear among analysts is that imposing a levy on depositors could create a dangerous precedent and, in a doomsday scenario, prompt depositors to move their money elsewhere.

In fact, it works by imposing a levy on the "value added" at each stage in the production of a good or service.

Although the I.M.F. had reservations about imposing a levy on insured depositors in Cyprus, Ms. Lagarde went along with the accord.

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

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.

For example, countries could agree to impose a levy on banks that would be used to create a central deposit guarantee fund — a European Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

Derby city council has called for the right to impose a levy on large supermarkets, which it says could earn the local authority an estimated £2m a year.