Sentence examples for severe tax from inspiring English sources

Selling the stake or swapping it for Merrill Lynch stock would have severe tax implications, say compensation experts.

A "fiscal cliff" of sudden, severe tax increases and spending cuts looms at the end of this year.

Instead, a dignified and calm man, seasoned by years of parliamentary experience, raised questions of real importance to millions of people, on the housing crisis, on severe tax credit cuts to millions and on the worsening emergency in mental health.

Mr. Rowland, who has taken over negotiations for Republican lawmakers who have refused to discuss almost any tax increases, is holding out for deeper cuts in services and less severe tax increases.

The Yankees are determined to bring their payroll under $189 million for 2014 to avoid severe tax penalties in future seasons, so one-year deals for Kuroda, Pettitte and Rivera make sense.

A last-minute compromise in Congress averted a dive off the "fiscal cliff" and annulled severe tax increases that had been scheduled on earned income, dividends, interest and capital gains.

The ancient Greeks and Romans mandated that prostitutes wear distinctive dress and pay severe taxes.

Richard Rogers has called for a "severe" new tax on empty homes and warned that prime areas of London are emptying because of wealthy buyers leaving homes vacant.

To ward off inflation, a severe sterling tax was imposed, and in 1816 a new bank of Norway was established that held the monopoly on issuing bank notes.

There was a stark reminder of just how severe and taxing an ordeal it is when Oxford's bow rower, Dr Alex Woods, passed out after crossing the finish.

"Back at the end of the Carter and beginning of the Reagan administrations, we had a pretty severe income-tax burden for people at a low level of income.