Similarly, they would not be penalized and get a lesser tax benefit if they scaled back their mortgage or their health insurance premium by moderate amounts.
A12 DeLay Hints at Lesser Tax Cut Representative Tom DeLay, the House majority leader, suggested that President Bush and Republican leaders in Congress might have to settle for much smaller tax cuts than they would like.
Kellogg was interested in Pringles last year, but it felt hard-pressed to compete with the lesser tax bill that would accompany Diamond's bid, Mr. Bryant of Kellogg said in an interview.
Where it is exploitative or where it is transferring profits to lesser taxed areas away from the areas in poor countries where those profits are earned, then it's quite right that NGOs should speak out.
The Supreme Court has held that anyone who sincerely believes they do not have to pay taxes cannot be convicted of crimes that require a criminal intent, though they can be found guilty of lesser tax crimes and can be forced to pay the taxes.
To a bearish investor, this raises the hard question of whether to sell a stock held for less than a year and have the profit taxed as ordinary income or to hold onto the stock for more than a year, risking further erosion, in the hope of paying a lesser tax on a capital gain.
Since 1991, the state has had a provision that, in essence, says that once taxpayers' adjusted gross income reaches a certain limit -- $150,000 for married couples -- they must pay the highest rate of tax on all their taxable earnings, rather than paying the lesser tax rates assigned to the parts of their taxable income in the lower brackets.
And in one of the lesser tax proposals in the budget released this week, President Bush offers a tax break for what must be a very small group of taxpayers: those who support their grandchildren even though the kids are independently wealthy or earning a substantial income on their own.
Stull even tried to use Taylors occasional volunteer charity appearances against her, writing they would result in less income and thus lesser tax payments.
But more than that they have still to pay the lesser tax bill of £4.2m - original fee plus penalties - that Whyte agreed to embrace as part of his deal to buy the club from David Murray for £1.
