But then Georgia, fresh from a democratic revolution, introduced the lowest flat tax yet: 12%.
For those yet to adopt a flat tax rate, the incentives for adoption (from the perspective of attracting investors) are weakening as the flat-tax club increases in size.
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Yet as time passes, flat-rate tax systems may become increasingly entrenched.
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Federer's performance, by contrast was curiously flat, and yet even when Falla broke for a 6-5 lead in the first set, there was a sense that the six-time champion would find a way to respond to the challenge.
Yet another benefit of the Flat Tax Act is that it reforms not just the income portion of the code, but also eliminates federal gimmicks that stymie economic growth such as the Alternative Minimum Tax, capital gains taxes, the estate tax and the marriage penalty.
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This turnaround comes after a summer which saw a dozen newcomers arrive and as many leave the club, yet with the net spend remaining flat.
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Yet when growth is close to flat, the difference between, say, estimated growth of 0.1% (no recession on the popular convention) and -0.1% (one quarter contributing to a recession on the same convention) is actually within the known statistical margin of error.
Parra made them pay by landing two more penalties and the Londoners saw yet another scoring opportunity wasted when a flat-footed Strettle, with space to run into, was halted by a crunching Nalaga hit after Malzieu had spilled an up-and-under.
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).
Yet he thinks that this quarter it will be flat or even negative.
Yet the stock has been relatively resilient, remaining essentially flat from a year ago.
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Anecdotal evidence suggests that even the German market is starting to wake up after more than a decade of flat or falling prices, but this has yet to show up the index that we use, which is published with a long lag (there are no figures for 2006).
The falling dollar is a risk, it is true, but it has yet to have an effect: import prices have been broadly flat over the past year.
They understand that far before any board declared the beginning of a recession that they were working longer, they were working harder, they were increasing their productivity, yet at the same time their wages either were on that flat line or going down.
Some see the flat attendance figures as evidence that the slow economic recovery has yet to make its way to the working class.
The price of buying a flat in major cities is too expensive for young families, yet others have profited hugely from the property market.
Yet Knausgaard pauses to think aloud at this moment, and wrings a distinctively flat, rigorous poetry out of the Klorin and the Ajax.
Yet a corporate survey released with the data showed manufacturers expect output to be flat in May and then fall 1.4% in June as car manufacturers cut back.
Yet amid the fighting talk and the predictions of victory, the gathering felt oddly flat at times, even wary.
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And we applaud that effort, but yet, over the last eight years, at least, we've had flat funding of the domestic AIDS portfolio.
As yet, the gloomy talk of recession is not reflected in the unemployment figures, which have been flat at around 4% for more than a year now.
The Peppercorn class A1 steam locomotive arrived from Darlington on a flat-bed lorry as it does not have its permission to operate on the mainline yet.
It was not until the end of July 2012 (line 2) that the OBV moved above its flat WMA. Though the monthly OBV is rising and above its WMA, it has not yet surpassed the highs from 2011.
In the meantime, Ceta negotiators haven't come to an agreement yet and so the talks will continue to wobble along - as if on hockey skates, trying not to fall flat on their face.
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