Sentence examples for tax places from inspiring English sources

Further, a carbon tax could eliminate the need for complex subsides for alternative energy programs, as the tax places all technologies on a level playing field.

(Buying an iPad from Best Buy is legal, but buying one in the parking lot behind Best Buy, without paying tax, places you in the gray market).

Hence the French Yellow Vestt' protestors have complained — with some justification — that the new fuel tax places an unfair demand on those who can least afford it.

The increase in VAT and income tax places an additional burden on poor fishers.

"This tax places a hardship on our athletes and unfairly taxes them for representing our country and reaching the pinnacle of their sport," said Jim Leahy, the executive director of the US Olympic luge committee.

But, says Hull, "any economist will tell you that when higher taxes are imposed on a commodity like oil, production will be shifted to lower tax places.

The Navajo Nation has imposed the first junk-food tax in the US, a 2 per cent sales tax placed on foods with minimal or no nutritional value to discourage their consumption.

The video suggests taxation, similar to the tax placed on tobacco, may be one solution that could help combat the healthcare costs and reduce daily sugar intake.

The tax placed on people of color and other minority groups continues to stifle professional advancement and it at the cost of innovation and better meeting consumer needs.

In late August, Cook County claimed that music genres such as rap, rock, and dance were not considered "culture" and therefore were not exempt from an amusement tax placed on ticket sales.

"Our evidence is from conversations with lots of high earners and there is an increasing tendency to gravitate to lower-tax places," she said.