In 2008 the burden was reduced somewhat by the London Agreement, under which countries can waive the right to have patents translated into their national language.
One way to calculate the reduced burden due to delaying payments is to calculate the net present value (NPV) of the stream of payments.
The test must be whether a lighter touch by the authorities would result not just in a reduced burden for companies but in a similar (or better) standard of enforcement.
This video shows how Canada, Ireland, Slovakia, and New Zealand dramatically reduced the burden of government spending by freezing or capping outlays.
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And such rules, depending on the country, would have reduced the burden of government spending by as much as 10 percentage points of GDP.
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More generally, delaying payments off into the future allows them to be dealt with at a time when inflation and economic growth have reduced the burden they impose.
Those with moral objections to the nature of this debt should consider whether the Irish authorities should have rejected a deal that reduced the burden of the debt because of the absence of an unattainable deal.
In a speech on Tuesday, the Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown said that the UK had not reduced the burden of debt on poor countries only for the same countries to run it up again by buying weapons.
When you consider that people with lower incomes would no longer be paying payroll taxes, would be partially exempt from income taxes, and would be able to easily avoid the energy tax, we can see that their overall tax burden could be significantly reduced.
Another possibility is that the drug somehow reduced the overall burden of inflammation, thereby preventing lots of diseases.
And she says that strong cash flow generation points to further debt reduction and a reduced interest payment burden in 2012 and beyond.
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The 4, 700-member Direct Marketing Association is fighting any new authority for the states, arguing the SSUTA has barely reduced the tax collection burden presented by 7, 500 different sales jurisdictions.
Every time the tax burden on the American people has been reduced, better-paying jobs and new businesses were created, incomes rose, and the standard of living improved.
Floating-rate mortgages last year reduced many borrowers' payment burden as the Bank of England dropped its base rate to 0.5% and lenders adjusted their standard variable rates downward in response.
Modeled after a similar provision in the successful Gramm-Rudman-Hollings law of the 1980s, this sequester puts real teeth in the CAP Act and ensures that the burden of government spending actually would be reduced.
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But it would surely be better if Brazil first simplified and reduced the tax and regulatory burden on all businesses (congressmen, ministers and state governors continue to squabble over proposals to take a step towards this).
To the extent that outstanding Treasury debt is purchased by the Fed, the burden of interest payments on the public debt is reduced almost proportionally.
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Falling prices increase the real burden of debt, and real interest rates cannot be reduced to boost the economy, because interest rates cannot be negative.
In addition to risk and burden mitigation for IPO issuers, the JOBS Act substantially reduced limitations on publication of reports and recommendations by research analysts at investment banks participating in the public offerings.
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In addition to a debt burden, Evergreen Solar suffered from falling PV prices caused by a mix of (i) reduced demand, in part attributable to subsidy reductions in Europe, and (ii) industry overcapacity, including growing capacity from Chinese manufacturers.
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