levy
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"At Living Streets, we believe a workplace parking levy could be part of the solution in Cardiff," she said.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Three of those nine states — Texas, Florida and Washington — do not levy their own income taxes.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
In the past, Burnham has suggested changing inheritance tax to pay for social care reform, external, floating the idea of a 10% levy on all estates.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
The Times and other publishers asked a federal judge this week to levy sanctions against OpenAI, saying the company has withheld evidence during the legal proceedings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 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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Energy, potash, fish and critical minerals are exempt from the new levies.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
Beware levies that appear to target only tech companies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
The levies announced on Monday are a signal that the talks are going in the wrong direction for Canada.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
The mood was also lifted by strong Wall Street earnings, while US President Donald Trump's U-turn on threats to impose levies on cargo through the Strait of Hormuz provided a little support.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
"The Mallisters still hold Seagard and Walder Frey is marshaling his levies at the Twins."
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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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 punishment levied could include multimillion-dollar fines, a loss of future draft picks or voiding Leonard’s contract with the team.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2026
State and local environmental regulators can have authority to inspect and issue violations, but often, the fines levied are too small to spur lasting changes, advocates say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
And since it would be levied only in one state, there is an obvious maneuver available: Move to another state.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 5, 2026
This was the moment I had lost Audrey: this was the moment the costs had become real, when the tax was levied, the rent due.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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Advocates of the fix also note that no one is stopping collectors from levying taxes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 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
Mr Nowak focused in particular on the case for levying more from financial institutions.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2025
He stopped the practice of levying gratuities on the delivery of letters, because this practice, by adding to the cost of the post, and so deterring persons from using it, diminished his own receipts.
From The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 by Joyce, Herbert
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