surtax

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Massachusetts voters in 2022 approved a 4% surtax on annual incomes over $1 million.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025

Supermarket bosses highlighted that part of the government's business rates reforms posed a problem for the industry, in particular the so-called business rates surtax, which is being levied on all large commercial premises.

From BBC • Oct. 25, 2025

Payroll taxes paid by employers are rising not only to cover payouts to unemployed workers but also a state surcharge and a gradually increasing federal surtax to help pay off the principal on the debt.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2024

Japan would adopt a corporate surtax of 4%-4.5% with a deduction of 5 million yen for small firms, while adopting surtax of 1% on incomes for the time being.

From Reuters • Dec. 16, 2022

Rich people, since the income tax, are officially those who pay the tax but not the surtax.

From The Unpopular Review, Volume II Number 3 by Various