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the company said the move could have "a material impact on our sales and profits" and warned that the tax would have a "disproportionate impact on the specialist bakery sector, resulting in further unemployment, high street closures and reduced investment".
May 29, 2012 at 07:23 | Source: Daily Telegraph
But they do not. Secretary Mellon pointed out that previously the government “received substantially the same revenue from high incomes with a 13 percent surtax as it received with a 65 percent surtax.” Higher tax rates do not mean higher tax revenues.
May 29, 2012 at 00:57 | Source: Atlanta Journal Constitution
(The testimony has many more horror stories and is worth reading if you don’t suffer from high blood pressure.) TIGTA also points out that some thieves are actually unscrupulous tax preparers. The IRS has started to crack down on fly-by-night ...
May 29, 2012 at 03:56 | Source: Forbes
Calories, number of hours spent exercising, number of pounds to lose, those who are overweight now have a new number to worry about: a "fat" tax. Adding a high tax on unhealthy food and drinks may help slow the rising rates of obesity ...
May 17, 2012 at 09:39 | Source: msnbc.com
An email circulating on the Internet claims anyone who sells a house after 2012 will be hit with a new 3.8 percent sales tax, thanks to an obscure clause in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. A cause for concern? The 3.8 percent tax is real ...
May 15, 2012 at 12:41 | Source: Palm Beach Post
The Maryland Senate approved a budget plan Tuesday afternoon that would raise income tax rates for high-income Marylanders and undo the cuts that were set to go into place after lawmakers failed to reach a spending plan compromise during the ...
May 16, 2012 at 16:00 | Source: So Md News.com
MLPs' primary characteristic is that they combine the tax structure distribution-focused nature of limited partnerships with the liquidity of publicly traded securities. Most MLPs are oil and gas pipeline businesses that earn stable income from the ...
May 28, 2012 at 09:19 | Source: Seekingalpha.com
(NEW YORK) -- Adding a high tax on unhealthy food and drinks may help slow the rising rates of obesity, according to a new study published Tuesday in the British Medical Journal. Previous studies suggest that the sharp tax increase on cigarettes ...
May 16, 2012 at 14:48 | Source: 630 WMAL
... Republic's revamped cabinet committed on Wednesday to push ahead with plans to raise sales tax and slap an extra tax on high wage earners, and warned it would quit if the deficit-cutting measures were not passed by parliament. That raises a ...
May 23, 2012 at 15:01 | Source: Reuters UK
The high-pressure game of signature gathering outside stores has turned into a mad dash to election offices across California as tax proponents submit their petitions for the November ballot. Gov. Jerry Brown is pinning his budget hopes on his ...
May 8, 2012 at 17:21 | Source: Sacramento Bee