tax hike
collocation in Englishmeaningsoftaxandhike
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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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hike
noun[C]
uk/haɪk/us/haɪk/
a long walk, especially in ...
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(Definition oftaxandhikefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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For example, closing the gap by raising federal personal and corporate income taxes would necessitate an immediate and permanent 74 percenttaxhike.
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It was unnecessary to make that secondtaxhikein a single year.
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However, this hugetaxhike, despite being so hidden from the general public, nevertheless carries massive implications for them.
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The vast majority of working people face a 7p in the pound tax rise, which is the highesttaxhikein history.
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Having now presided over the highesttaxhikein our history, will he now resign?
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There is no offsetting benefit—the change is simply ataxhikedressed up as a green tax.
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There is no doubt that this pernicioustaxhikewill affect people in rural areas.
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It will be slid in over a three-year period, but nonetheless there will be a £7 billiontaxhike.
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They also face thetaxhikethrough the national insurance contributions and, in my part of the world, they also face problems of accommodation.
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That would affect 1 million of the poorest families in the land and leave them facing ataxhikeof £17 a week.
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The fund is small recompense for the massivetaxhikethat business is experiencing.
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Over the next two years, the typical family will pay £1,330 more in tax —the biggesttaxhikein history.
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First, they impose a fourfoldtaxhikethat is unfair to businesses and sectors alike.
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Can he tell us how much extra a typical family will pay as a result of his national insurancetaxhikeand council tax increases?
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The majority in another place has still to vote for thattaxhike.
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What is the effect, for example, of an annual petroltaxhikeof £178 on people in rural areas and on heads of families on the national minimum wage?
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If the property were on offer and the contract was made at £250,001, almost exactly the sametaxhike would take effect, but the marginal rate would reach the stratosphere.
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We have lower productivity than many of our competitors, a part-time, casual and low-paid labour market, and we have just experienced the biggesttaxhikesince world war two.
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They are far more flexible and enable a decision to be made over a period, not related to a particular counciltaxhikein a particular year.
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One wonders whether they appreciated its implications, given that it has introduced the biggest peacetimetaxhikein history, which will lead, eventually, to the highest peacetime taxes.
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