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- noun Plural form of
surtax .
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Examples
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So much for Mr. Polsky's idea that analyzing employment cost in after-tax dollars mitigates the impact of high government-imposed "surtaxes" on employment.
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Incomes over $3,000 ($4,000 in the case of married persons), were to be taxed one per cent., with an additional one per cent. on incomes of $20,000 to $50,000, and similar graded "surtaxes" on higher incomes, reaching six per cent. on those above $500,000.
The United States Since the Civil War Charles Ramsdell Lingley
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The proposed "surtaxes" would be on top of these already-promised tax hikes.
SmartMoney.com 2009
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Americans patriotically bought war bonds, and rich people paid surtaxes as high as 91 percent of their incomes so that some of the costs of war would be tax-financed rather than borrowed.
Robert Kuttner: Triple-A Idiots Robert Kuttner 2011
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Americans patriotically bought war bonds, and rich people paid surtaxes as high as 91 percent of their incomes so that some of the costs of war would be tax-financed rather than borrowed.
Robert Kuttner: Triple-A Idiots Robert Kuttner 2011
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Among other things, Ross reportedly objects to the surtaxes included in the bill.
Wonk Room » Blue Dogs Threatening To Quash Health Bill Over Surtax Voted For Bush Tax Cuts 2009
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The danger for American business, though, is that it in a hothouse environment of rising populism, and absent a better job making its case, it can become the target of punitive measures—surtaxes, even more regulation, trade barriers and restrictions on the flow of capital—that would make job creation harder.
Populist Anger Over Economy Carries Risks for Big Business Gerald F. Seib 2011
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Americans patriotically bought war bonds, and rich people paid surtaxes as high as 91 percent of their incomes so that some of the costs of war would be tax-financed rather than borrowed.
Robert Kuttner: Triple-A Idiots Robert Kuttner 2011
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Many people want to put various kinds of surtaxes onit.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Immigration: Costs and Benefits, in Liberty and Otherwise 2010
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Mr. Hill figures the first couple would end up owing around $64,000 in federal taxes plus an additional $1,500 in Medicare surtaxes, versus $50,000 in federal taxes and no Medicare surtaxes for the second couple.
A New Diversification Tactic Places the Focus on Taxes Carolyn T. Geer 2010
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