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The levy officially went into effect at 12:01 a.m.

From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026

When a similar idea was raised last year, the trade body UK Finance said banks already paid both a corporation tax surcharge and a bank levy.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

Owners of second homes are “apoplectic” over the levy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

He replaced those with a 10-percent global levy, which expired in July.

From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026

The fourth was a gesture toward the northern interests, authorizing Congress to levy a tax on slave imports designed to discourage the practice without prohibiting it.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

The levies add to US tariffs already in place on Canadian steel, aluminium, automobiles and lumber.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

Canada in retaliation said it would match US tariffs, with new levies notably targeting the US steel and dairy industries to take effect on September 8.

From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026

If they can’t, the new 50% levies and retaliatory Canadian measures are expected to go into effect after midnight Eastern time.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026

The U.S. is considering a plan to lower tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum from 50% to 25%, while top-line automobile levies could fall from 25% to 15%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

They talked about merchants, and deserters, and levies, and not enough salt to last the winter.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

Carney, who last year rolled back most of the retaliatory tariffs levied by his predecessor, former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, said he was imposing the levies “reluctantly,” acknowledging that they will raise costs for Canadians.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 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

OpenAI has denied the claims levied by iyO.

From MarketWatch ● 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

A utilities committee levied one-cent fines on wasters of water and electricity.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

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

Hamas is increasingly levying taxes on all kinds of goods and services in Gaza, Arab and Israeli officials said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 10, 2026

Beginning around 2005, China’s government tightened the screws, levying export taxes on rare earths that made it costlier for Western magnet makers to churn out products.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2025

Both sides will be levying charges of $50 per ton which, when cargo ships can bear loads of as much as 250,000 tons, is a significant cost.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2025

There would, doubtless, be a gatehouse, built for defence and for levying tolls, etc.

From Old Church Lore by William Andrews