Sentence examples for levy it on from inspiring English sources

The main one would cut the rate of VAT from 15% to 10%, but levy it on everything, including food, medicines, books and newspapers, that is currently either zero-rated or exempt.

If the foreign workers go, wages will rise and young Israelis will work in all kinds of jobs they balk at now".Surprisingly, Mr Steinitz has raised VAT from 15.5% to 16.5% (but had to drop a proposal to levy it on fruit and vegetables), while embarking on a seven-year plan gradually to reduce company tax and income tax instead.

If other countries failed to follow suit, the U.S. could, in effect, extend its own tax by levying it on goods imported from those countries.

Still, "if we're going to levy a sugary soda tax, why aren't we levying it on doughnuts and all sorts of other things?" Mr. Parrott said.

The Obama administration has not specified either the size or the type of levy it would impose on the nation's big banks.

Last week the Guardian also revealed that Le Gavroche has been keeping all the discretionary 13% service charge it levies on customers bills and does not distribute it to staff on top of their wages.

What happened: The NGO has filed for bankruptcy because it claims that it cannot afford to pay several fines levied on it by the government.

If a church is declared a public body, it can levy taxes on its members and is itself exempt from most forms of taxation.

But everything over that will have a five percent surcharge levied on it.

The DoJ did not disclose the size of penalty it wanted to levy on Barclays, but it is understood to be $4bn.

It also would not charge upfront insurance premiums; rather, it would levy an assessment on large firms after one of them had failed.