levy
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The windfall tax could see a 33% levy on 2026 Portuguese profits that are more than 20% above the average of 2024 and 2025, and would likely include Galp’s refining and commercial profits, they say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
They claim the increase is down to higher labour and material costs, additional regulations, and tax and levy rises.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
China still maintains a 10 percent levy on all US goods, with additional rates applicable in other specific sectors, such as 15 percent on liquid natural gas.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
That deadline has passed without a formal decision from the White House, leaving traders to position for the possibility that refined copper could eventually face a levy as well.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Jake guessed the harvest would be good enough so the third levy wouldn’t break most families.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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The electricity scheme reflects two policies which apply in GB: a temporary cut in VAT and the removal tax of some consumer levies.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
No projects had yet emerged, drawing ire from U.S. officials, including Trump, who in January threatened to raise levies on South Korea again.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
However, UK Finance, which represents well-known banks and lenders, has suggested that heavier levies would undermine the government's ambition to deliver "growth in every postcode" and would damage international competitiveness.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
Sky-high levies imposed by Washington and matched by Beijing were tentatively relaxed late last year, after a move by China to severely restrict flows of rare earths to the United States.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
Their footsteps echoed through the vault as they made their lead the Barrowton levies himself.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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They’re more commonly levied on older buildings and communities with shrinking financial reserves, according to Vantaca, an HOA-management platform that works with property-management companies.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
By contrast, canals such as Panama or Suez, which are man‑made waterways, may be subject to tolls levied by the states that control them.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
Cook argues that stamp duty is a simple tax because it's levied on the point of sale of a property and generates "upfront receipts" for the Treasury.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
The biggest fine levied against the GEO Group was for failure to establish and maintain “effective written procedures to reduce employee risk of exposure to aerosol transmissible disease.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
The taxes he levied would help him finance future campaigns to expand his territory and increase his power.
From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby
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A California judge turned down a petition to halt surcharges home insurers have been levying policyholders statewide for costs related to the January 2025 wildfires in L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
From next year, Europe's biggest economy is set to join many other countries by levying a tax on sugary drinks in a bid to raise funds to support its under-pressure health system.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
Jerry Brown signed into law, levying the state’s first gas tax increase in 23 years to fix California’s roads and bridges in disrepair.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026
Some are exploring new tactics, from hiding Wi-Fi passwords to levying fines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2025
The executive retorted by dissolving the diet on the 21st of August and levying the taxes by military execution.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" by Various
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