Moreover, the general revenue contributions to the accounts are financed by further reductions in government spending.
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Instead, legislators have scrambled to plug funding holes as best they can, primarily through transfers from general revenue.
But the amount of such total general revenue spending would be limited to grow no faster than the rate of growth of GDP.
But overall, bold policy departures that require significant amounts of general revenue are harder to come by than in the 1930s or 1960s.
Unfortunately, the main motive for the road-use tax in the case of Oslo is to raise general revenue for the government, and not to improve the city's transport system.
Yet it would maintain the same level of general revenue commitment to Medicare that is obligated as of today, holding Medicare general revenue spending to the same percent of GDP.
Moreover, limiting the general revenue financed portion of Medicare to growing no faster than the rate of growth of GDP will produce huge savings from where Medicare spending would otherwise be.
Remember though that the payroll taxes only actually cover one third of the cost (other funding sources such as premium payments, state transfers, general tax revenue, and borrowing cover the rest).
Make sure your bonds are essential service, general obligation or revenue bonds that through thick and thin (plan on even thinner) will pay.
Since 1995 General Instrument's revenue has risen 9% a year, compared with 1% at Scientific-Atlanta.
Since 1995 General Instrument's revenue has risen 9% a year, compared with just 1% at Scientific-Atlanta.
But if you are a worry wart then buy only essential service revenue and General Obligation municipal bonds.
Many of the ideas are thoughtful and helpful, though not all will make it as a business unfortunately, because of a general lack of solid revenue models.
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During the recess, Clinton said, lawmakers and the administration will try to narrow their differences over Medicare, Medicaid and other entitlement programs and general domestic spending and revenue projections.
In addition, securitisers face probes by several state attorneys-general, the Internal Revenue Service, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Justice Department, as well as lawsuits from investors and a rising number of stricken municipalities.
Taxpayers can call the Internal Revenue Service for general guidance on tax return filing questions.
He apparently is fighting the Internal Revenue Service's general policy that many legal fees are nondeductible personal expenses.
One strategy for playing it safe is to shorten the duration of your muni holdings and consider owning bonds that are backed by a mix of general obligations from stable issuers and revenue bonds backed by specific cash-flow rich franchises.
Ericsson had predicted a gross margin, the proportion of revenue left after accounting for general costs, parts and labour, of about 36.5%.
Another comparison point we like: general and administrative expenses as a fraction of revenue.
Livestrong officials at the Austin headquarters say that neither the Internal Revenue Service nor the Texas Attorney General has contacted them.
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LabCorp lowered its sales, general and administrative expenses to 21% of revenue last year from 26% in 1999, enabling it to almost triple the net margin to 11.8%.
Of the seventy-one, five were general obligation bonds and 66 were non-GO (revenue) bonds.
The cut was defensible: Coke's selling, general and administrative expense had ballooned to 45% of revenue from 35% in the mid-1980s.
To reduce interest-rate and default risk, Ms. Benz suggests sticking with intermediate-term muni-bond funds with a high percentage of their holdings in general-obligation bonds, which are repaid with tax revenue.
In the face of a declining subscriber base, intense competition from smaller, targeted newspapers in the area, and a lousy ad market I asked both the publisher and the general manager what they were going to do to drive revenue growth.
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With falling revenue growth and rising marketing, selling and general costs, we now expect the stock to be worth significantly less than we previously expected until we see more encouraging signs that the company can provide growth in its international business and stabilize its cost base.
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Steve McNamara, general secretary of the London Taxi Drivers Association, estimated that revenue from fares had decreased 40% since the Olympics started on Friday.
Revenue growth in its largest segments, electronic and general merchandise (excluding the effects of exchange rates) slowed in North America to 56% from 80% and Internationally to 54% from 71%.
Tata Motors boosts its revenue by making dies for Jaguar, Ford, General Motors and Toyota, too, just as it does by allowing the made-in-India Mercedes to be run through its paint shop.
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