Sentence examples for taxpayer expectations from inspiring English sources

"If a university is helping a subset of investors and acting like a private business, that's contrary to taxpayer expectations.

George Osborne described it as a "fantastic deal for UK taxpayers that exceeds expectations".

"It's great that we have reached an agreement to sell the UK's shareholding in Eurostar that delivers a fantastic deal for UK taxpayers that exceeds expectations," the Chancellor of the Exchequer said.

"I think that taxpayers have legitimate expectations that they will be paid back for what was used in the bailouts, and the financial transactions tax can provide for this," Algirdas Semeta, the European commissioner for taxation, said Tuesday after a monthly meeting of European Union finance ministers, where a number of nations pledged their support.

Taxpayers with unrealistic expectations can end up with big bills for taxes, interest and penalties.

The latest job cuts by the bailed-out bank – 33% owned by the taxpayer – come amid mounting expectations that Barclays is also preparing to cut hundreds of highly-paid roles in its investment bank.

We built knowing the risks, never with any expectation of taxpayer bailouts.

CalPERS may lower investment expectations, costing taxpayers billions.

The attempts to upend the contract and rewrite the law create uncertainty for private enterprises that have operated inside and next door to national parks for generations -- and undermine expectations of taxpayers who foot the bill for creating and now protecting this national seashore.

He wants to remove "any expectation that new migrants can expect the British taxpayer to give them a home on arrival".

Otherwise, there is a reasonable expectation -- and a taxpayer right -- to presume that a modern competitive economy will possess blindingly fast internet, high-speed trains, and clean drinking water, while having a reliable and redundant energy grid.