The statute here under review is in form plainly a taxing act, with nothing in its terms to suggest that it was intended to be anything else.
People here spoke very loudly and -- and very plainly about taxes and spending, terrorism, and the health care proposal.
Many de Blasio supporters believe his victory shows that talking plainly about higher taxes carries less political risk than assumed.
This is plainly against the tax law that allows the church a generous exemption for staying out of politics, even specifying that statements by others are not allowed.
But most of all, he would change the law to assert a general avoidance principle, to stop rules being wriggled around, but let HMRC strike down any activity whose purpose is plainly to avoid tax.
The argument that California will gain revenue by legalising pot is plainly wrong, because anyone can grow the stuff without being taxed.Moreover, most pot is not imported into the United States.
Unlike personal income taxes, Medicare and Social Security taxes — which are jointly known as FICA (for Federal Insurance Contributions Act), or payroll taxes — are plainly regressive.
And he plainly wants to rejigger tax policy in order to redistribute income.
These enterprises are, plainly, major sources of tax revenue; less visibly, some officials have an economic stake in them.
By contrast, the Conservatives, led by Jan Petersen, a rather grey foreign-policy analyst, saw their score shoot up from 14% to 21%, with their calls for drastic tax cuts plainly striking a chord.In this section Wake up, Europe!
"A court order directing a local government body to levy its own taxes is plainly a judicial act within the power of a Federal court," Justice White said, adding that there was an important difference between a judge's direct imposition of a tax increase and an order to local officials to increase the tax themselves.
