Likewise, in Indiana, the economy boomed after a flat rate went into effect in 2003.
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He also proposed a lower flat rate toll to cover the cost of maintaining the bridges.
The strikers want this system extended to cable TV ads, which currently pay a flat rate.
Taxes are levied at a flat rate on all distillers, irrespective of their size.
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Currently, company employees and government workers pay premiums based on income, while the self-employed pay a flat rate.
While wages can still be taxed progressively, this allows a flat rate for dividends, capital gains and rents.
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So we don't have nothing more, just the same, you know, flat rate.
The corporate tax rate should be halved, to a flat rate of 17.5%.
Currently the debate is whether Internet access should be billed by the minute or at a flat rate per month.
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Contributions and benefits were both flat rate and everyone, regardless of income, was entitled to be part of the system.
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That seems to exempt long-distance service that is charged at a flat rate per minute, as most is these days.
Then, in 1996, America Online opened the floodgates by introducing a monthly flat rate instead of charging by the hour.
At the same time, the utilities charge residential consumers a flat rate, giving them no incentive to run appliances during off-peak hours.
Phone regulator Oftel has weighed in and told BT to offer its rivals deals for Flat Rate Internet Access Call Origination (Friaco).
When electricity first came here, dos Santos says, the utility charged a flat rate to entice people to go on the meter.
Federal Reserve already charges for Fed funds by the minute, and the Bank of Japan charges a flat rate every four hours.
The advertisers however want to scrap the "pay-per-play" system altogether and instead pay actors a flat rate for all their ad work.
Horticultural land, now unsubsidised, will in time get the full flat rate.
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As of now, most residential and commercial customers still pay their electric utility a flat rate multiplied by the kilowatt hours they use.
In 2004 under President George W. Bush, Washington let corporations temporarily bring money from offshore profits at a flat rate of around 5.25%.
This flat rate would make filing your taxes easier and would grow the economy and provide more options and fewer restrictions from Washington.
Indeed, the popularity of flat rate tax has already forced some of the earlier adopters to lower their rates, particularly on corporate income.
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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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By law, your company must withhold at least the applicable flat rate of federal income tax on the exercise of your nonqualified stock options.
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"The flat rate approach has the benefit of speed and simplicity but is rough justice for those who have lost considerably more, " he said.
Perry wants to steer individuals towards games that are guaranteed buys when and if tried, making the one-cent-per-minute flat rate Gaikai charges completely worthwhile.
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The Republic of Ireland attracts a large share of EU foreign direct investment (FDI) due to its 12.5% flat rate of tax on profits.
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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The entire tax could be rebated at a flat rate to all Americans no matter how much energy they use, making such a shift moderately progressive.
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