Many colonists worried that the attempts to impose taxes would only get worse.
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No wonder these pampered people are so quick to impose taxes on others when they have no idea of what these levies mean.
But David Johnson, from the US embassy, said states should not impose taxes on diplomatic residents under the terms of the Vienna Convention.
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Countries from Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador to Russia have shown that they can and do retroactively impose taxes on energy companies, or even outright expropriation.
Skittish of taxes under the royal rule, the Founding Fathers nonetheless granted the right to the federal government to impose taxes under the Constitution.
On this account, governments impose taxes payable only in money, creating a demand for money that means it will be widely accepted as payment for goods.
But the important point is that the costs that tax collection imposes on us all will now be clearly be seen by those who design and impose taxes.
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The construction boom comes as prices have risen 70% in the past five years, prompting the government to impose taxes on sales to foreigners or on locals buying multiple units.
Those nations, in particular, the Seneca Nation of Indians in New York, have vehemently opposed attempts to impose taxes, claiming that they have sovereignty (and thus immunity from taxation) and are protected by existing treaties.
When faced with mounting opposition, Cyprus abandoned its plan to impose large taxes on bank deposits.
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There are two methods that a country can impose income taxes on companies: territorial and domiciliary.
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Even King Solomon's thriving kingdom crashed once his son decided to impose onerous taxes.
He wants to lobby European leaders to impose higher taxes on this type of oil as well.
We should impose significant taxes on all uses of non-renewable natural resources, especially those in short supply.
With 9, 600 sales tax jurisdictions in the United States (cities and counties also impose sales taxes), this is a compliance nightmare.
Mr Connaughton argues that low-carbon technologies should be perfected before governments impose carbon taxes or cap-and-trade schemes to speed their adoption.
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And because cities such as Baltimore and Bethesda also impose income taxes, the state-local tax rate can go as high as 9.45%.
If other countries want to impose transaction taxes let them do it.
If other parties want to impose transaction taxes let them do it.
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The trilemma holds that an income tax cannot simultaneously maintain progressive marginal rates, impose equal taxes on equal-earning couples, and insist on marriage neutrality.
Gerrymandered districts produce extremist politicians, among whom agreement is all but impossible since two-thirds majorities are needed to pass budgets and impose new taxes.
It urges governments to impose heavier taxes on smoking materials and to introduce laws making tobacco firms responsible for the health costs of smoking.
Yet only Connecticut, Louisiana, North Carolina and Tennessee impose gift taxes.
R. 2601, the State Department authorization bill that would block efforts the United Nations is expected to initiate this September to impose international taxes on U.S. citizens.
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But it has little leverage over the local officials who impose the taxes, or over the migrants who flock to the cities despite the treatment they get there.
Against stiff odds, he has held a referendum on a new oil and gas policy (which stops short of renationalising oil companies but does impose higher taxes on them).
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He has also said that he wants to get rid of the euro and return to the franc, cut red tape for small businesses, and impose heavy taxes on imports.
Once again, Democrats impose higher taxes on middle-class families.
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But this sensible principle is being tossed out the window by the U.S. Senate, which has approved a proposal that would give states the ability to impose their taxes on out-of-state sellers.
The findings, just published in Public Health Nutrition, are a rebuff to an increasingly vocal campaign by a small group of public health academics to impose hefty taxes on sugar sweetened beverages in order to curb obesity.
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