The top personal income tax rate (also levied on capital gains), the sales tax rate, the corporate tax rate, and the gas tax are all at or near the highest of any state.

The overall poverty rate (Low Income Cutoffs After Tax) for Newfoundland and Labrador has decreased from 12.8 percent in 2000 to 9.6 percent in 2002.

One of the most efficient tax raising methods is the US payroll tax, for which the marginal tax rate is close to the average rate (because deductions are absent and there is little graduation in the rate structure).

Reagan s tax policies reduced the top income tax rate from 70 in 1980 to 28 in 1986.

There are many arguments for raising Japan s consumption tax rate.

A country s overall consumption rate is, of course, the flip side of its savings rate.

The income tax rate was decreased to 21 by January 2008.

Today the overall literacy rate in Albania is 98.7 the male literacy rate is 99.2 and female literacy rate is 98.3 .

But there are not enough tax breaks for the rich to cover another 20 reduction in their income tax rate.

In January 2005, the personal income tax rate was reduced to 24 .

Even after the proposed doubling of the consumption tax, the rate will remain half the 20 (or more) that almost all European countries levy. Overall tax revenue is roughly 27 of GDP, putting Japan in 28th place among the 35 OECD countries.

UNAMI currently has an overall vacancy rate of 55 per cent.

According to the official exchange rate, the exemption tax exceeds US 3 million.

But, given that the top US marginal income tax rate is 35 , he certainly is a tax avoider on a grand scale.

A lower corporate tax rate would weaken this justification. Moreover, pension funds, retirement plans, and non profit organizations, which receive about 50 of all corporate dividends, do not pay tax on these earnings, and would benefit from a lower corporate tax rate.

It does not appear to affect mortality or the overall hospitalization rate.

By category of activities the overall rate of implementation was as follows

Sarkozy s proposed cure is to boost growth by reducing the tax burden on employers, while simultaneously hiking the rate of value added tax.

A global externality can best be dealt with by a globally agreed tax rate.

The high unemployment rate among women was a reflection of Latvia's overall unemployment rate, which stood at 10.6 per cent.

Right now, Warren Buffett pays a lower tax rate than his secretary. Do we want to keep these tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans?

The overall crime rate of Finland is not high in the EU context.

Furthermore, the overall support cost reimbursement rate is declining for reasons mentioned earlier.

The corporate tax rate is a flat 18 , one of the lowest in the world.

As defined in the proposed legislation, the tax rate is 23 for the first year.

In 2001 the overall illiteracy rate was 20.5 per cent, with the rate for women being slightly below that for men.

Ms. Šimonović expressed concern at the high overall illiteracy rate and asked what steps were being taken to reduce the rate.

The overall vacancy rate in the Department was 3.8 per cent compared to a budgeted vacancy rate of 6.5 per cent.

Japan s government has a huge debt burden, and its consumption tax rate is far lower than the value added tax rates that prevail in Europe.

Moreover, a high corporate tax rate is an ineffective and costly tool for producing revenues, owing to innovative financial transactions and legal tax avoidance mechanisms.

And, while raising so much revenue with so low a tax rate sounds grand, the declining volume of trades would shrink the tax base precipitously.

Instead of cutting proven tax incentives for business investment, the US should offset at least some of the revenue losses from a lower corporate tax rate by raising tax rates on corporate shareholders.

In many countries, tax reform has already significantly increased the share of direct taxes in overall revenue.

The overall literacy rate in Pakistan has been improving although at a slow pace.

In 1995 the overall rate was 17.1 by 2003 it had fallen to 8.2 .

In many countries, tax reform has already significantly increased the share of direct taxes in overall revenue. Raising tax rates for the wealthiest citizens in developing a more progressive income tax framework would bolster this progress.

BERKELEY The United States now has the highest statutory corporate income tax rate among developed countries.

The overall budget implementation rate had been 95 per cent, which was higher than the overall implementation rate of 92 per cent for the previous financial period from 1 July 2002 to 30 June 2003.

Indeed, cutting these items to pay for a reduction in the corporate tax rate could end up increasing the tax on corporate economic activity in the US.

The overall literacy rate for women is undoubtedly low much lower than that for men.

The overall literacy rate is 86.4 , and is 91.4 among males and 81.4 among females.

The cost estimate was based on an anticipated overall vacancy rate of 5 per cent.

Georgia s 12 flat rate income tax probably the lowest in the world has boosted the national budget.

The tax rate that achieves optimum, or highest government revenues is somewhere in between these two values.

The first conclusion of the report was that global environmental taxes and the Tobin tax on currency transactions could yield substantial revenues at a very low tax rate.