surtax

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Jenkins noted that Lyndon Johnson was forced to seek an income surtax in 1968 because he was worried about possible negative reactions in gold and the dollar from the “guns and butter” U.S. policies.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

Seven million filers also paid the Medicare surtax compared to 2.8 million in 2013, boosting revenue to $15 billion from $6.2 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

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

But this soft answer did not turn away Teutonic wrath; so in 1903 Canada retorted in kind, by levying a surtax of one-third on German goods.

From The Day of Sir Wilfrid Laurier A Chronicle of Our Own Time by Skelton, Oscar Douglas