"Councils have performed better this year than ever before by collecting a higher proportion of the council tax due, " he said.
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From 1981 to 1988 the top 1% of earners saw their proportion of the total tax bill grow by a whopping 55%.
The party said figures published by the European Commission showed tax as a proportion of price in the UK was the highest in Europe.
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But even so it is striking quite how many people paid tax greater than 40% - a proportion 10 times greater than those who succeeded in paying almost no tax.
Some tax specialists say the UK's tax system which includes a proportion of their sponsorship deals, appearance fees and bonuses earned overseas is the most stringent in the world.
As a proportion of the economy, Washington's tax take is exceeding the levels reached during WWII.
It is likely that such taxpayers also pay a big proportion of stamp duty, capital-gains tax and inheritance tax.
Finally, the proportion of American households paying no federal income tax was 49% in 2010, up from 13% in 1969, 22% in 1980, and 28% in 1990.
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In fact, all four times in the past 80 years when marginal income tax rates were lowered, the proportion of total income taxes paid by the top 1% of earners increased, and the proportion paid by the lower 50% of income decreased.
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Let's deal with the system, the changes that are necessary for that structure first, then let's say this is how you finance it, then you can say what proportion of the cake is divided up via tax or through various other systems.
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In effect, the Tories say, companies would receive a proportion of the benefit payment in the form of a tax break.
The licence fee is already a regressive tax, because the poor pay a higher proportion of their income than the rich for the same service.
One reason, perhaps why George Osborne did at least allow a modest relaxation in his budget last March: 'training days' will now be included in the calculations so that the proportion of global endorsements caught by the UK's tax net will be reduced.
The tax rates are low and they affect only a small proportion of homeowners.
Meaning, after the Bush tax cuts became effective, these individuals paid a higher proportion of total taxes.
We should then allow a personal account option for younger workers for this portion of the payroll tax, with the accounts taking responsibility for paying an equivalent proportion of future Social Security benefits.
Tax changes would, in any case, affect only a small proportion of investments.
Tax rate cuts promote economic growth and prosperity because they increase the proportion producers can keep of what they produce, which increases incentives for productive activity such as saving, investment, starting businesses, expanding businesses, job creation, entrepreneurship, and work.
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Ministers have also proposed that only the proportion of the price above the threshold would be liable to the higher rate of tax.
Germany, the most biofuelled nation in Europe, has replaced a tax break with a straightforward legal obligation for refiners to blend a certain proportion of biofuels into their wares.
They remember the Poll Tax - and they also know that local taxation raises a relatively low proportion of council funding but provokes a huge degree of voter ire.
In the case of the personal tax code, Romney also promises that those with high incomes would continue to pay the same proportion of overall personal income taxes as they do now.
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