The corporate tax rate should be halved, to a flat rate of 17.5%.
In 2004 under President George W. Bush, Washington let corporations temporarily bring money from offshore profits at a flat rate of around 5.25%.
Americans from Utah to Massachusetts have realized the benefits of switching to a flat rate of tax as applied to their income.
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But roughly three dozen closed-end funds have "managed distributions" like Cornerstone's, seeking to pay out a flat rate of income regardless of market returns.
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In 2004, George W. Bush allowed a tax holiday so corporations could bring profits back to the United States and only pay a flat rate of 5.25%.
Mobilcom, which charges a flat rate of DM0.19 a minute for long-distance calls in Germany (a third of Deutsche Telekom's peak rate), is so popular that most customers trying to reach its network find only a busy signal.
Mr Salmond's big test will come in 2010, when he hopes to abolish council tax completely and replace it with a local income tax levied at a flat rate of 3p in each pound of basic-rate national income tax due.
It gave top-tier earning expatriates the ability to avoid the standard progressive income tax of up to 43% and instead pay a flat tax rate of 24% on income earned in-country.
Personally, I think that is a rather low threshold for hitting the highest stated tax rate, essentially creating a rather stiff flat rate of 9.55% on significant amounts of income.
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Moscow has offered him a flat tax rate of 13% if he stays in the country for more than half the year.
To process the payments, businesses must rely on third-party merchant service providers (MSPs), which offer a dizzying array of rate structures that range from a flat rate to a percentage of the amount charged to the card.
Employers, who normally share with the worker welfare costs amounting to nearly 42% of gross wages, would pay a flat-rate contribution of 25% on jobs up to euro400, reduced to 12% for mini-jobs (cleaners and au pairs, for example) in private households.
The Russian Federation has a flat income tax rate of 13%, RIA Novosti reported.
Then, in 1996, America Online opened the floodgates by introducing a monthly flat rate instead of charging by the hour.
In addition, MEPs get a flat-rate allowance of 304 euros for each day of attendance at official parliament meetings, to cover accommodation and meals.
The Essex branch of the Police Federation welcomed the appointment but said it was concerned senior officers were getting allowances - such as a flat rate 15% of salary for being in a senior position - while rank and file officers had seen competency payments stopped.
From 2009, all but the richest Poles will pay a flat-rate income tax of 18%.
The hope is that a flat-rate income tax of 16% and a reduction in company taxes will kickstart growth.
The plan starts with giving Americans a choice between a new, flat tax rate of 20% or their current income tax rate.
The compromise is a fund fed largely by wage-based contributions, but with the option of a flat-rate fee on top.
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Our own Steve Forbes has argued that one way to clean up the tax code and expose hidden taxes is through the adoption of a federal "flat" tax, a single rate for individuals and business that would eliminate most of the deductions and exemptions now in place.
After a certain threshold of about 24 hours of continuous use, the bill accumulated at by-the-hour or by-the-minute rate typically exceeds the cost of otherwise paying a flat daily rate on a traditional car rental.
Yet another suggests a sharp rise in the flat rate of payroll tax that bosses pay for workers on DM610, thus discouraging hiring them (this from a party otherwise claiming to favour tax cuts to boost jobs).
Previous info indicated the service would focus more heavily on movies than the back catalog of TV shows that is a part of Netflix Watch Instantly and Amazon Prime Instant Video, and Bloomberg reports Redbox will break with their models by paying its content providers per subscriber cable TV-style, instead of a flat rate decided up front.
Taxes are levied at a flat rate on all distillers, irrespective of their size.
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He also proposed a lower flat rate toll to cover the cost of maintaining the bridges.
Doctors in such hospitals are paid a flat-rate salary, like the employees of most for-profit companies.
Mr Darling announced the abolition of CGT taper relief in favour of a flat 18% rate in his Pre-Budget Report.
Federal Reserve already charges for Fed funds by the minute, and the Bank of Japan charges a flat rate every four hours.
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