Sentence examples for increase in payroll from inspiring English sources

One drag on growth could come from the recent increase in payroll taxes.

He ruled out any increase in payroll taxes, but was silent on whether to raise the retirement age.

The main result of that commission was an increase in payroll taxes, even as Ronald Reagan was cutting income taxes.

He largely succeeded at those twin goals, but it doesn't make the increase in payroll taxes any less painful.

The state, fueled by an oil boom, also enjoyed the largest percentage increase in payroll employment over the year.

The possible responses, he said, include an increase in payroll taxes or premiums, a change in Medicare benefits or an infusion of general tax revenue into the program.

So with private payrolls increasing a paltry 71,000, July's overall increase in payrolls was just 12,000.

If you add together each payroll figure since November and divide by nine you will find that the average increase in payrolls over that period has been 160,000.

The July increase in payrolls stands in sharp contrast to data released just last week showing disappointing economic growth in April, May and June.

If it had, he argued, the increase in payrolls would have been less dramatic, as recipients would have resisted the government's efforts to make them work.

Consumer spending makes up about two-thirds of total U.S. GDP and was likely hampered by an increase in payroll-tax withholding that took effect at the start of the year.