Sentence examples for tax modelled from inspiring English sources

The OECD said America might have to consider introducing a nationwide sales tax modelled on VAT, to raise revenues.

There are perfectly honourable reasons for arguing that we should all guzzle less sugar, but a fizzy drink tax – modelled perhaps on Mexico's recently introduced soda levy – is the wrong way to go about it.

Insofar as Carson has a political platform, it involves a low flat tax, modelled on the Biblical tithe; an end to Obamacare and to welfare for able-bodied adults; and the removal of restraints on our military in the Middle East.

46 The tax modelled was a sales tax, as this was more practical to model than the excise tax preferred by health bodies.

"Around 24 million households will benefit and around 1.4 million will lose from modelled tax and benefit measures coming into effect this week – so more than 15 times as many will gain than will lose," the Treasury said.

The health effects of changed alcohol tax over the modelled timeframe are illustrated in Figure  3.

Two tax scenarios are modelled: (A) a tax of £2.72/tonne carbon dioxide equivalents (tCO2e)/100 g product applied to all food and drink groups with above average GHG emissions.

Although our modelled tax scenarios lead to a healthier diet, scenario (A) would likely be economically regressive meaning that the poor spend proportionately more of their income on the tax than the rich.

The modelled tax rates are based on the UK government's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) agriculture marginal abatement cost curve (MACC) by Moran et al 34 adjusted to 2010 prices.

The government did not release the exact tax cuts that were modelled, nor did it release modelling of different scenarios including using some of the money to pay for company tax cuts – which are understood to have shown a small positive impact on economic growth.

Two scenarios are modelled: the first taxes food groups with GHG emissions greater than average and the second taxes high-GHG emission food groups and subsidises those with low emissions to create a revenue-neutral scenario.