severance tax

collocation in English

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severance
noun[U]
uk
/ˈsev.ər.əns/us
/ˈsev.ɚ.əns/
money paid by an employer to an employee whose job the employer has had to bring to ...
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tax
noun[C or U]
uk
/tæks/us
/tæks/
(an amount of) money paid to the government that is based on your income or the cost of goods or services you ...
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(Definition ofseveranceandtaxfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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We use a dynamic model to show that an ad valoremseverancetaxon gross revenue can be used to internalize environmental opportunity costs.
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Revenue per unit extracted is equal to the gold price minus theseverancetax, subject to the rate of the gold stock depletion.
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He raised revenue for the state through aseverancetaxon coal and enacted reforms to the educational system.
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She also helped pass an increase in theseverancetaxoil companies pay to extract oil from state land.
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High made unpopular proposals, such as aseverancetaxon phosphate and tightening the sales tax on all products except food and drugs.
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The resources tax is aseverancetaxthat applies to the extraction of natural resources.
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In 2008, he backed an increase in theseverancetaxon natural gas.
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The case was not filed until 15 days before theseverancetaxwas due.
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It is not surprising that such ad valorem severance taxes are usually opposed by mining firms.
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He saw of no reason to begin now, especially since he did not find that the tribe'sseverancetaxdid not have negative implications on interstate commerce.
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Money from petroleum severance taxes decreased sharply in the middle 1980s because of plummeting oil prices.
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Money to repay the bond issuance would come from coal severance taxes.
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Resources that typically incur severance taxes when extracted are oil, natural gas, coal, uranium, and timber.
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The resulting incentives were provisioned in the form of breaks on sales taxes, incentive taxes and coal severance taxes.
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Parker advocated increased oil and gas severance taxes to finance public education.
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Edwards was able to greatly expand the state's oil revenues by basing severance taxes on a percentage of the price of each barrel rather than the former flat rate.
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