surcharge
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It would increase the surcharge rates to between 0.183% and 1.121% of local revenue or between 0.75% and 4.47% of payroll expenses.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
Trucking companies with long-term customers can generally pass on the higher fuel costs by adding a fuel surcharge in the bill, but truck drivers taking on short-term contracts—as Whitaker does—typically don’t get this benefit.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
The company was fined £267,000, with an added victim surcharge taking the total payable to £287,025.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
He was also ordered to pay £5,000 towards prosecution costs and a victim surcharge, which has yet to be calculated.
From BBC • May 7, 2026
It was $600 in all, a hefty sum in 1915—plus the surcharge for interest.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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