They may get a second wind because of tactical mistakes the current regime has made in its tax reforms: It raised excise taxes and various VAT levies because it felt obliged to match the revenues that would allegedly be lost by moving to a flat tax.
Following the original provisions of the Constitution, federal taxes consisted of property levies, excise taxes and tariffs.
Two incomes in a family today can barely do the job that one did in previous generations: One pays for the family, the other for all the taxes, levies, tolls and fees that go to the government.
Water prices should be raised for end-users, and levies and pollution taxes increased.
Many taxpayers already feel that taxes are extortionate and, fearing even higher levies, have withheld their spending, thereby reducing demand for goods and services.
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It's more likely Summers is reinforcing the President's already firm bias that the way to lastingly revive the economy is through massive government spending, increased taxes on small and midsize businesses, increased levies on energy and heavier burdens on capital.
But states without an income tax tend to make up for it with other, higher taxes, most notably, higher sales and real estate levies, which can hit seniors hard.
Between 1998 and 2000, a senseless war with neighbouring Eritrea cost a fortune and prised many of the strongest hands off hoes and on to rifles. (In Eritrea, the aftermath has been even bleaker: 2.3m people now need food aid, out of a population of only 3m.) Ethiopian peasants are also burdened with taxes on the land they lease from the state, and levies for clinics, schools and roads.
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America's taxes on profits are around 40%, when you combine federal, state and local levies.
In addition, they have written statutes and regulations that require taxpayers to prove not only that foreign levies are income taxes but also that no amount of the payment is a fee (such as a royalty) for a specific economic benefit.
That would cut taxes for even the richest taxpayers by a few hundred dollars and provide a small cushion against higher levies for people just over the thresholds.
Or they may work with governments and specialized organizations like the World Customs Organization to make payments official as levies or taxes, which then can be used to pay essential salaries.
In 2004, Perry proposed replacing some school property levies with a basket of other taxes, including sales taxes, a higher cigarette tax, and an increased payroll tax.
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