noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an income group
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The budget will affect people differently, according to their income group.
annual budget/income/cost etc
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a household with an annual income of $60,000
discretionary income
disposable income
fixed income
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pensioners living on a fixed income
generate revenue/profits/income etc
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Tourism generates income for local communities.
gross income/salary/pay etc
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a family with gross earnings of just £75 per week
income support
income tax (= tax paid on money that you earn )
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The rich should pay more income tax.
income tax
investment income (= money that you earn from your investments )
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The rate of taxation on investment income is set to increase.
low income/pay/wages
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families existing on very low incomes
meagre income/earnings/wages etc
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He supplements his meager income by working on Saturdays.
price/income/wage levels
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Wage levels had failed to keep up with inflation.
private income
redistribute income/wealth/resources etc
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a programme to redistribute wealth from the rich to the poor
residual income (= the money left from what you earn after you have paid your taxes )
taxable income/profits/earnings etc
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
annual
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The society raises about £250,000 a year from membership contributions - about a third of its annual income .
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It has been reported in Fortune magazine that Oprah Winfrey has an estimated annual income of $ 40 million.
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You might have to produce evidence of a sky-high annual income .
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The big growth in fund investment seems to have come from baby boomer households with annual incomes above $ 50, 000.
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Green party annual income is about £250,000 a year, and membership is currently rising.
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They also are rising for blue-collar manufacturing and service workers and all households with annual incomes above $ 25, 000.
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For a relatively prosperous family, spending on cooking probably drops to less than 5 percent of the annual income .
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An Olympic title would yield $ 65, 000 in prize money, more than tripling his current annual income .
average
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Those who sit on the Treasury Bench make claims about average net income increases.
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Between 1981 and 1986, real average personal disposable incomes fell by over 17 percent.
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Allowing for this element means that the average income from farming per full-time equivalent may be about £9,000 perannum.
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Pensions then were equivalent to two-thirds or more of average incomes of working-class adults.
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There are four and a half million people earning above average incomes and therefore potentially vulnerable to Labour's tax squeeze.
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We have to demand limitations on patents on vital products in countries where average incomes are below certain levels.
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Consequently, she had to exist on an average income of £26 per week from an evening waitressing job.
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The differences which remain are enforced mainly by differences in average income and in style of government.
disposable
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Between 1981 and 1986, real average personal disposable incomes fell by over 17 percent.
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The percentage of disposable income spent at grocery stores and supermarkets has been declining since the 1970s.
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In view of the high local disposable income , the potential for an evening dining-out market is clearly high. 4.
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Older people have disposable income and leisure time, key factors in their willingness and ability to buy and use computers.
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State welfare would be used towards this end, providing people with additional disposable income .
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Table 8-8 shows the ratio of personal debt to disposable personal income .
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The amount of income left over after deduction of this taxation is known as disposable income.
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The heavily restricted Internet deals appeal to people with disposable income and flexible schedules.
extra
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He didn't really approve of women earning a living, but the extra income would come in useful.
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Landlords, for their part, can use the extra income provided by a small rent.
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He's a retired accountant who is glad of the extra income .
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And that extra income was certainly forthcoming during the Reagan years.
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Why is there a special need for such extra income on the west coast?
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The extra income also boosted the equity in his building by about $ 500, 000, he said.
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An important priority is to ensure that extra income is spent on extra activity.
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The extra income is not the only reason.
federal
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Last year, she said, they paid more than $ 3, 000 in federal income taxes.
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Politicians, sensing wide and profound dissatisfaction with the status quo, have proposed significant changes in our federal income tax.
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Others have proposed replacing the federal income tax with something else entirely, such as a national sales tax.
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Dole has proposed a 15 percent cut in federal income taxes.
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At the local level? 3 Briefly describe the mechanics of the Federal personal income tax.
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Experts say there is a good chance Congress will eventually convert the decades-old federal income tax into something else.
gross
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Conversely, he knows that a drop in gross income will de-motivate.
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Companies putting up factories at Subic can import goods for free and pay only a 5 percent tax on gross income .
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Traditionally, management commission rates have ranged from 15 to 25 percent of the band's gross income .
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The full deduction would be available for couples filing jointly with adjusted gross incomes of up to $ 100, 000.
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In 1617 in Westmorland £710 gross was the income of a substantial landed family.
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If adjusted gross income is high enough, large amounts of business expense deductions will be lost under this 2 percent formula.
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Taxation Tin the circular flow has been interpreted as income taxation and is the difference between gross and disposable income.
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The next example, gross household income , is taken from the 1989 family expenditure survey.
high
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This figure falls away to 12 percent for the highest income group.
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As they buy those products, unemployed resources are employed, incomes rise, and with higher incomes comes more savings.
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Increased spending on machinery represents higher incomes for those involved in manufacturing the machines.
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It now also includes politically daring proposals to increase premiums for the very highest income beneficiaries and raise the Medicare eligibility age.
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Men had higher incomes and savings than women.
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The half with the highest incomes received 77 percent.
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The aim is to achieve a high level of income with the prospect of long-term capital growth.
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Clearly, if the return is constant, then the higher the income element, the lower the capital gain and viceversa.
local
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The introduction of local income tax would allow local authorities to undermine the budgetary plans of the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
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He and his party advanced the idea of a local income tax based on ability to pay.
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The Government are making a major error by dismissing local income tax out of hand.
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The government's concern was with the level of public expenditure rather than with the relationship between grant and local income by itself.
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The rates were incapable of bearing the burden in their view and they expressed cautious support for a local income tax.
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It would appear that the objection to local income tax is political rather than practical.
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The fame of his treatment spread, bringing four hundred visitors or so a year to swell the local income .
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A local income tax, for instance, was never considered.
low
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However, if you are on a low income you may be entitled to help in paying this charge.
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Mississippi has the lowest income per capita of any state, as well as the lowest hourly earnings for production workers.
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Thus, lower rates will be payable if the income is paid to beneficiaries with low incomes.
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With lower incomes , businesses and households will be forced to curtail their investment and consumption spending.
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If you have a low income , please make sure you apply for Community Charge Benefit. 10.
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Bridgeport families, with their low incomes , could not make plans for college educations for their children.
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The danger is that the younger people with below median incomes actually have lower incomes than older people with below median incomes.
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Some low income people may have reductions, as they do now with rates, probably through housing benefit.
national
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Taking the time-path to period t +12, we obtain a clearly damped, cyclical variation in real national income .
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That means that the ratio of our debt to our national income is coming down.
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Firms would find their inventories involuntarily building up and so would cut back production thereby reducing national income .
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Column 3 shows in both absolute and relative terms the portion of the national income originating in the various industries.
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The third-round effect of the increase in government expenditure will be a further increase of £16 million in national income .
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Table 4. National income and the average propensity to consume in the United States, 1869- 1928.
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Condition 1 Equilibrium in the goods market requires that aggregate demand should equal national income .
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Consider the problems involved in using national income statistics to make international comparisons of living standards. 4.
net
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Those who sit on the Treasury Bench make claims about average net income increases.
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In 1995, it had net income of $ 20. 2 million on sales of $ 139. 9 million.
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A Yes - Please indicate on the application form your current net income .
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In the 1994 fourth quarter the company reported net income of $ 623 million on revenue of $ 9. 25 billion.
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Very few professional men then could expect a net income of £2,000 a year by the age of forty.
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The bank reported fourth-quarter results that were in line with estimates, even though net income rose only 1 percent.
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It is the net trading income which is deemed to be the income of the individual.
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Last year, DuPont reported fourth-quarter net income of $ 646 million, or 95 cents a share.
personal
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Texas has no company or personal income tax, and the former, at least, may soon be seriously discussed.
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Specifically, the way ill which households disposed of their total personal income in 1988 is shown in Table 7-2.
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The major Inland Revenue tax is personal income taxation whose yield is a quarter of total revenue raised.
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There is talk of a personal income tax, a sales tax and a gross-receipts tax on reservation businesses.
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Pensions have increased in real terms over the last twenty years, but not as fast as real personal disposable incomes .
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Another is to increase the progressivity of the personal income tax.
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They have not pumped up taxes; personal and corporate income taxes have remained at reasonable levels.
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Other potential trouble spots for Forbes include his refusal to release his personal income tax returns, as Dole has done.
private
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Substantial private income augmented by vast salary and royalties from books Twittish behaviour: Pretty sound, by and large.
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She will also consider pruning the number of royals who receive tax-payers' support - and paying tax on her private income .
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It was to be revolution not on the rates but on a private income .
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An ample private income allowed him time to indulge his tastes for writing, politics, and rowing.
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Remembering the other woman's private income , Loretta made only a faint protest.
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As I got up Terry looked at me as if I'd just announced I had a private income .
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She had a small private income which was sufficient for her needs.
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Mr. Waldegrave Total private patient income for 1989-90 was £92 million.
real
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Hence the position of those relying on pensions has deteriorated relative to those in employment with rising real incomes .
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Increased real income provides us with an admirable detour around the rancor anciently associated with efforts to redistribute wealth.
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Pensions have increased in real terms over the last twenty years, but not as fast as real personal disposable incomes .
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Raising the minimum wage would ratchet up real incomes where disparities are at their worst and need is most clustered.
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A rising real national income with a fairly constant capital stock will generally be associated with a fall in unemployment.
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The increased productivity that results from invention raises the real incomes and spending power of those who benefit from the new technology.
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The role of the financial system is to allow us to produce more goods and services to increase real income .
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Even those who had jobs found their standard of living and their real income dropping.
steady
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Probably the greatest number were always corn mills, those more distant being used to provide a steady income .
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Maybe you are heading toward retirement and therefore need investments that can provide you with a steady income .
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A steady income stream is required to meet the costs of the syndicated lending department.
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The more steady income , the more stable the return even as markets fall.
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The only ones with a steady income were teachers, storekeepers and local officials.
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Installment arrangements work best when the taxpayer has a steady income .
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And we receive a steady income from interest on Third World debts.
taxable
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This sum is then included as part of a claimant's taxable income during the relevant tax year.
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What marginal tax rate applies to taxable income which falls between $ 16, 000 and $ 20, 000?
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A maximum of two percent relief is allowed against his or her entire taxable income .
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All residents would pay 2. 5 percent of taxable income -- but not less than $ 50 a household.
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The benefit counts as taxable income , but it is not means-tested and there are no National Insurance contribution conditions.
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Multiply the result by 17 percent, the rate that Forbes would apply to all taxable income .
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The cardinal rule is: only register if your taxable income is less than your tax allowances.
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Thus, $ 75, 000 of taxable income would be taxed more highly to an individual than to a corporation.
total
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In 1981 it had a total income of 171 million pounds for the whole year.
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Labor income was about 80 percent of total national income.
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That amounts to a total yearly income of £3,179.80.
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The average tax rate is the total tax paid divided by total taxable income .
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It is £2,265 for the full grant and £420 for the student loan - in total a yearly income of just £2,685.
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Here total income is distributed according to the function performed by the income receiver.
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In the case of a normal life interest trust the trustee expenses will reduce the taxpayer's total income .
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They received, none the less, 2-percent of total income .
■ NOUN
distribution
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The problem is more of income distribution than of a failing in the technical working of the credit market itself.
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Despite these potential distortions, certain conclusions can be drawn about global income distribution .
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However, when considering income inequality, it is the income distribution among individuals that has emerged as most useful.
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However, the income distribution within the rural sector seems to have deteriorated.
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The measurement of income distribution Official statistics measure income in a variety of ways.
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It will be noted that this ignores altogether the important question of income distribution .
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The effect of the changes in the patterns of taxation and public spending was to accentuate an underlying inequality in income distribution .
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The table shows the composition of the bottom 10 percent of the income distribution according to type of family.
family
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Pessimism is especially high among baby boomers, with twice as many expecting family income to drop this year as last.
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The median family income of blacks is just 56% of that of whites.
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For nearly a third of those, the payments commanded more than a fifth of the family income before taxes.
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It is also tough, hard working, loveable, helps earn the family income and we can't live without it.
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The result is that they hang around the city and most family incomes are supplemented by crime of one sort or another.
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The result is that family income has soared at the top and fallen at the bottom.
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The lifetime perspective is extended by building simulation models of individual and family income over time.
fee
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But this was not just the effect of slower markets and smaller volumes on commission and fee income .
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The offices on the mainland also saw their fee income fall, although not to the same extent.
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For a small firm of solicitors in a market town, conveyancing has accounted for about half of all fee income .
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Expressing such views requires courage because it would appear to be taboo to talk about protecting fee income .
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A better overall service should be offered with, hopefully, an accompanying increase in fee income .
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Corporate finance and privatisation, in particular, did well, increasing fee income by 19% to £16m.
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Employment Earnings, fee income and profit margins are not the only parameters by which liberalisation can be assessed.
group
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All the studies have shown that there is a redistribution of income from the higher to the lower income groups .
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Most others would be unable to do this, and the education market would segregate by income group .
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This figure falls away to 12 percent for the highest income group .
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Lower income groups use more physical aggression.
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They, therefore, form a smaller share of total income for the highest income group .
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Essentially three loan packages are available for different income groups .
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Grossman's analysis offers a more analytical treatment of why rational economic behaviour would require higher participation by higher income groups .
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This is true across all age and income groups .
household
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They were also more likely to have had more than a high school education and tended to have a higher household income .
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It is accessible because it is affordable for those with average and reliable household incomes .
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Median white household income is $ 52, 829, while black household income is $ 60, 450.
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In income , approximately two-thirds of the total household income before tax comes from wages and salaries.
interest
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This also produces interest income in the form of swap premiums.
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Request a copy of your Social Security and or pension earnings, and calculate any interest income .
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Higher production, higher oil prices and increased interest income all contributed to this improvement in performance.
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Net interest income in the fourth quarter rose to $ 632. 1 million from $ 616. 6 million.
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Group income is better measured by the inclusion of dividend and interest income.
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Net interest income fell 1. 8 % to $ 363. 7 million.
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This translates into a gain of just 1% pre-tax because heavy capital expenditure swallowed up last time's £18m interest income .
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That could quickly wipe out your entire annual interest income of $ 15 to $ 20.
investment
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A flat tax, which eliminated tax on investment income , might.
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Individuals would not pay taxes on interest or investment income , and businesses could not deduct the cost of fringe benefits.
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We have sought to encourage savings by abolishing the investment income surcharge and by introducing tax-exempt special savings accounts.
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But the key difference, according to Buchanan and Gramm, is that investment income would not be taxed under Forbes.
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Sun Fire around 1800 had an investment income of £30,000 perannum compared with underwriting profits of £12,000.
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At that depressing time, you would not want your investment income to fall as well.
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About a third of these costs are met by the Church Commissioners, who generated investment income of £140.8 million in 1989.
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His plan would tax interest and other investment income at the same 16 percent.
level
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It can be seen that the lone elderly had the lowest median income levels and also the most restricted range of income.
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The middle class, as measured by the percentage of households at each income level , is fading.
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If this is not accommodated by capital inflows there will be downward pressure on income levels and subsequently increased unemployment.
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Clinton called for uniform educational standards without regard to income level .
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Councils will set rents at a reasonable level , reflecting income levels in the different regions and localities.
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The following computations are based on both general assumptions about all families and specific assumptions about families at specific income levels .
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From these profiles it will be established which, if any, indicators most clearly differentiate between groups at different income levels .
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Some one else must shout warnings about the growing gap between income levels in this nation.
policy
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Nor do they include old favourites like industrial subsidies and incomes policies .
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What is the logic of a so-called incomes policy ?
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The underlying fear was that if we accepted any connection we would be back to the world of incomes policy .
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In later chapters I shall make some comments on the importance of incomes policy in the development of the socialist project.
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Because the government abandoned any formal incomes policy there was less call for it to maintain close relations with union leaders.
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So that is the sense, in which I am proceeding to consider incomes policy .
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On occasions, wage pressure exploded in very sharp increases, especially where it had previously been compressed by incomes policies .
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Governments responded to the profits squeeze and loss of competitiveness by deflation and incomes policies .
support
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In return for the lenders' initiative, the Government agreed to pay lenders directly the mortgage interest for unemployed borrowers receiving income support .
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Only one other person lives in the house, his son who is on income support .
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The report makes a recommendation about the assessment of claims for income support , and the payment of such support.
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Because she has already got £70 of her own money, she will actually get £42.55 income support .
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A switch from price support to income support comes dear.
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These covered pensions, income support , housing benefits, a family credit system and the social funds.
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Of all children in families on income support , 62 percent are in lone-parent families.
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Since April 1988 this has been replaced by income support .
tax
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An ability tax , not an income tax?
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Bush has said absolutely no to an income tax .
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The income tax assessment should be made separately on that person in respect of the business.
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Separate versions of the software also are available at an additional charge to help you prepare your state income tax return.
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The rates were incapable of bearing the burden in their view and they expressed cautious support for a local income tax .
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Forbes' platform makes sense in a state on a mission to eliminate the income tax and substantially reduce the property tax.
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But you can do that without assaulting the income tax .
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He soon became a Republican, and he finally spent time in prison for income tax evasion.
■ VERB
earn
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Under the supplementary benefit system, single parents could earn additional income and only part of this was offset against their benefit.
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The ideology of the global market is built on the assumption that every country will earn most of its income from exports.
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There are four and a half million people earning above average incomes and therefore potentially vulnerable to Labour's tax squeeze.
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A spouse earning equal income who is left with dependent children to both support and to care for can be seriously disadvantaged.
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You do not need to be an accountant to know that once you stop earning your income will drop.
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The 1986 Tax Reform Act ended the differential taxation of earned income and capital gains.
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Frank Holden has earned no income from the Bank for the best part of two years.
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In addition, she allegedly claimed an earned income credit of $ 323 on the basis of his fictional dependent.
fix
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They pay a fixed income each year and promise to pay investors a set sum on a set date in the future.
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Reports showing heartier growth will weaken investors' appetite for fixed-income securities, he said.
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Lower yields on fixed income securities make equities more attractive than money market instruments for many investors, analysts said.
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During the year the bank actually had 12. 18 billion pesetas in capital gains from its fixed-income portfolio.
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A cool economy keeps inflation from eating into the value of fixed-income securities.
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The fund manages about 9. 5 billion pounds in fixed-income securities.
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There were alarming reports that retired persons on fixed incomes were on the brink of being taxed out of their homes.
generate
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One major consideration in its introduction was an attempt to generate income from schools.
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This blending of urban and wildlife environments could generate income , Galvin explains.
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A £12,000 investment would generate an annual income of £882 for taxpayers.
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On the production side, however, capitalism generates great Inequalities of income and wealth.
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Bills, while being a relatively liquid asset, generate some income for a bank.
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City officials seem more interested in generating more income for the General Fund than in improving playing conditions.
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As is to be expected such loans are liquid and generate income .
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Full-time work at $ 5. 00 an hour generates an annual income of approximately $ 10, 000.
increase
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If you get it right, then quality, innovation and service are all rewarded with increased income .
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Faced with a persistent excess of expenditure over income , they may cut student numbers or they may increase income.
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Both noninterest income and noninterest expense increased .
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It should be pointed out that despite increasing income concentration, there has been a general improvement in the quality of life.
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Taking the charge more slowly increases net income and makes a company look more profitable.
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Again, we can expect long-term influences such as increasing income and wealth to cause a rightward shift of the demand curve.
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This procedure, known as the capitalization of costs, also increases net income .
pay
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As more than half the population do not pay income tax this is at best only a half-truth.
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It pays 5 percent of income to its seven customer states in lieu of taxes.
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They pay a fixed income each year and promise to pay investors a set sum on a set date in the future.
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And he never paid a dime of income tax on it.
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A couple with two young kids starts paying on income over £69.70.
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But your doctor bill should be paid like your income tax, according to what you have.
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They are paid by manufacturers and traders, which are obviously fewer in number than the total of individuals paying income tax.
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Taxes would be paid only on income earned above the exempted amount.
provide
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Many employees run private pension schemes, but often these won't provide enough income to give you a really comfortable lifestyle.
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Relatives could visit her there, it was full of memories, it provided her with an income .
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Probably the greatest number were always corn mills, those more distant being used to provide a steady income .
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This would counter rural-urban migration as well as improve living standards and provide a cash income .
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The health service has genuinely noble ideals: it provides excellent treatment irrespective of income .
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The households expend their resources on goods and the firms provide the households with income as they pay for productive resources.
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It led to a vast improvement for everybody in Baldersdale because it provided a regular income .
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The majority of fathers have primary responsibility for only one of the 13: providing income .
receive
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In return for the lenders' initiative, the Government agreed to pay lenders directly the mortgage interest for unemployed borrowers receiving income support.
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Similarly, those who possess-by virtue of hard work or easy inheritance-valuable capital and land receive large property incomes .
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She is a bit upset that she has had to wait almost a year before receiving any income .
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Example Mr Smith receives income support so he pays 20% of the community charge.
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And we receive a steady income from interest on Third World debts.
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Emma could go on receiving the income from the annuities.
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The amount you receive depends on your income and the level of rent and rates you pay.
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It is growth which ensures that women as well as men receive income .
redistribute
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Public policy should redistribute income and subsidise, if not deliver directly, essential services such as education and health.
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Ethically, it is impossible to redistribute income intentionally in a developing country to see if civil strife erupts.
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The Conservatives' taxation and benefit policies have redistributed income from the poor to the rich.
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Not quite so obviously, they want to redistribute income from those with more to those with less.
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An alternative is that in which government takes much greater action to redistribute income .
reduce
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To put it another way, reducing income tax will increase people's capacity to afford more leisure.
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Time is a major factor in reducing the discrepancies among income classes.
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President Clinton and Congress, however, have no intention of reducing either income or investment taxes.
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The railroads were regulated to prevent the owners from using their monopoly power to reduce the incomes of their middle-class customers.
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If a charge is made to some one on income support, this reduces the income available to pay for basic necessities.
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Many high-income people can reduce their income tax liabilities very substantially by availing themselves of this loophole.
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In addition the government would be more able to pursue policies designed to rescue collapsing firms and to reduce regional disparities of income .
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The Internal Revenue Service has estimated that tax evasion may reduce personal income tax revenues by as much as 20 percent.
rise
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But Table 16-2 shows that marginal tax rates also rise with income .
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Similarly, rising incomes may cause the demands for hamburger and margarine to decline as wealthier consumers switch to hones and butter.
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The average tax rate now rises sharply with income .
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By definition, a tax whose average tax rate rises as income Increases is called progressive tax.
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Hence the position of those relying on pensions has deteriorated relative to those in employment with rising real incomes .
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With debt levels rising and incomes barely growing, consumer spending is bound to slow, he said.
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The second row of Table 16-1 shows that government spending on transfer payments has also risen faster than national income .
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Increased output has enabled most NICs to experience rising percapita income and a gradual reduction in poverty within their societies.
supplement
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As coastal fisheries have become less profitable through overfishing, more fishermen have taken to killing small cetaceans to supplement their incomes .
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And the symphony relies on the opera to supplement incomes for more than half its 81 players.
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All too often the soldiers had to be allowed to supplement their income in a manner reminiscent of the streltsy.
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A.. The answer depends on whether you plan to draw on this money to supplement your retirement income .
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Traders and other private entrepreneurs also signed up in order to supplement their unregistered incomes .
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And Susan had a good hourly job to help supplement our income .
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In London Rixi worked as a translator for the Red Cross, supplementing her income with her winnings at rubber bridge.
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Critics have charged Sniffen with setting up the center to supplement his income and create a job for himself.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
income/tax/age etc bracket
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Dataquest said only 12 percent in this income bracket owned computers.
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In addition they estimated the implied income tax brackets associated with each dividend payout level.
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It's all to do with the £19,250 tax bracket and engines below 2 litres.
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Jack Kemp would have to recommend that tax brackets be compressed to as low as 10 percent to dull their allure.
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Name the ethnicity, tax bracket or wardrobe, and they were there in full force.
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The key is, does your tax bracket justify buying munis?
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Together, that amounts to an annual tax saving of up to £1,000, compared to cars in a higher tax bracket .
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Why should you and I be in the same tax bracket as Steve Forbes?
nominal value/rate/income etc
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Additional effects are found from the growth in nominal income which is associated with an increase in own-country relative returns.
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Also barred would have been gifts, except for items of nominal value, such as shirts or mugs.
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However low nominal rates of interest go, they still remain positive in real terms.
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The nominal rate of interest has two components.
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The nominal value is meaningless and may be misleading, except in so far as it determines the minimum liability.
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The accumulated fund represents the nominal value of the net assets of the Law Society valued at historic cost.
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The box, with a nominal value of £5, was for the Anthony Nolan Bone Marrow trust.
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The mean underwriting fee was 1.4 percent of the issue's nominal value.
steady job/work/income
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A steady income stream is required to meet the costs of the syndicated lending department.
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And we receive a steady income from interest on Third World debts.
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He appears to have given up steady work.
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I wish he had taken up some steady work.
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Maybe you are heading toward retirement and therefore need investments that can provide you with a steady income.
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Sethe was laughing; he had a promise of steady work, 124 was cleared up from spirits.
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She chooses whatever is available, probably a slightly older man with no more money but a steady job.
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The only ones with a steady income were teachers, storekeepers and local officials.
unearned income
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But the most striking anomaly of Labour's plans is the way it treats millionaires living off unearned income.
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Capital gains, dividends and other unearned income would not be taxed.
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No cash, just credit cards, and a guaranteed unearned income.
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Private productive property provides massive unearned income, and also frequently forms the basis of economic power.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Braund's annual income is just over $40,000.
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Couples with joint incomes over $50,000 are the fastest growing segment of the housing market.
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Families on low incomes are eligible for state benefits.
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I'd love to know what his income is. He has so many new clothes and such an expensive car.
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If you are on a low income , you may be entitled to free dental treatment.
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Richard has a comfortable income from his salary and his investments.
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She receives a regular income from the investments she made twenty years ago.
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The amount of tax you have to pay depends on your income .
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The average annual income in Hong Kong is now much higher than it was in 1994.
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The whole family survives on the mother's monthly income of less than £500.
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We knew we'd need another source of income if we were planning to have a big family.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Automobile workers had doubled their incomes and expanded their skills.
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Columns 1 and 2 of Table 8-2 portray the mechanics of the income tax for a married couple filing a joint return.
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Experts also say the clearance rates are most useful when comparing communities that are similar in size and income level.
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Life-chances include income , perks and pensions, together with less tangible benefits such as security or good working conditions.
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Others gain an income from a team of supporters not necessarily in their new church.
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The optimal size of stabilization policy depends upon the coefficient of correlation between the policy and the original fluctuations in income .
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The provision restricting investment income was also thought to be of dubious constitutionality.
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Writing tops up his income and finances the rare fish projects.