(1) Business rates are a regressive tax in that they do not take into account the ratepayer's ability to pay.
(2) In his reply, published by Fairfax Media, Abetz told the lord mayor the motion did not reflect the priorities of Hobart ratepayers, and that a conscience vote on marriage “would be unhelpful”.
(3) With a maximum of 61% of pubs set to benefit from the new rates discount, rather than the 90% stated by the chancellor in his budget, the government has yet again been caught exaggerating the benefits that ratepayers will see,” he said.
(4) In the letter, dated June 17, the Tasmanian senator said the council’s resolution “undermines the important social institution of marriage” and had nothing to do with the priorities of ratepayers.
(5) "It looks like two parts of government are simply at war with each other; and it's poor old ratepayers who could pick up the tab, with higher bills or worse services.
(6) Even after reshaping themselves into mayoralties and winning the backing of business ratepayers, town halls will still face an absolute cap on rises, probably set at 2p on the rate.
(7) I can't believe it will open doors for any contracts paid for by the British ratepayer or taxpayer."
(8) "It is very clear that ratepayers are going to be protected," Waxman insisted.
(9) In a swingeing legal brief last year the CPUC’s office of ratepayer advocates compared PG&E to Charles Manson, and accused it of destroying evidence.
Taxpayer
Definition:
(n.) One who is assessed and pays a tax.
Example Sentences:
(1) Child benefit has already been withdrawn from higher rate taxpayers.
(2) It is the route the authorities are now adopting, after the wave of taxpayer bailouts in2008-09.
(3) Two years later, Trump tweeted that “Obama’s motto” was: “If I don’t go on taxpayer funded vacations & constantly fundraise then the terrorists win.” The joke, it turns out, is on Trump.
(4) We believe our proposal will save taxpayers about £4m and reduce by about 11,000 the number of legally aided cases brought by prisoners each year.
(5) It is clear that the linking of the naming rights to West Ham United generates real cash value for the LLDC and the taxpayer.
(6) This isn’t a devolved matter, this is about when they come to our shores here, UK taxpayers and their ability to use UK services,” Creasy said.
(7) Even so, the release of the first-half figures could help clear the way for the chancellor, George Osborne, to start selling off the taxpayer’s 79% stake in the bank, a legacy of the institution’s 2008 bailout.
(8) "The Texas attorney general's office will continue to defend the Texas legislature's decision to prohibit abortion providers and their affiliates from receiving taxpayer dollars through the Women's Health Program."
(9) Shares in the bank have fallen more than 30% since Britain voted to leave the EU and the share closed on Monday at 167p, well below the 502p average price at which taxpayers bought their stake in the bank.
(10) Taxpayers will pick up an immediate £40m bill for compensating the four shortlisted companies that bid for the west coast franchise.
(11) "We've gone out as a company and taken a risk without the taxpayers having to put up the money.
(12) In Australia there are taxpayer subsidies to keep these plants open, whereas in the US, China and parts of Europe, the government is taking actual direct action to close them down,” Cousins said.
(13) Last week, the Daily Mail reported that judges at the human rights court had handed 202 criminals "taxpayer-funded payouts of £4.4m – an average of £22,000 a head".
(14) Where the taxpayer will pay now have to pay replace all the ageing power stations the privates sector has profited from for the last 30 years.
(15) Quiet crisis: why battle to prop up Italy's banks is vital to EU stability Read more The country’s third-largest lender has already been bailed out twice in modern Italian history but is likely to need a third multibillion-euro intervention by the Italian government – a move that would need Brussels to break new rules designed to prevent such taxpayer bailouts after the 2008 global financial crisis.
(16) France is discovering that, when it comes to wealthy taxpayers, you win some – and you lose some.
(17) The trip raised millions for Comic Relief but prompted some uncharitable headlines after it emerged in July that Parfitt had billed the taxpayer £541.83 for "specialist clothing" – and a further £26.20 for the cost of picking it up in a cab.
(18) Unions warned it could lead to a system where civil servants were loyal to their political masters rather than the taxpayer.
(19) I think if anyone was to explain it in those terms, the savings for the taxpayer, fewer potential victims, this I think would be a vote winner.
(20) Yet when the final bill for compensating the thousands of victims of that abuse is counted, the cost will be shouldered, in the main, by the Irish taxpayer rather than the Catholic church.