Government revenues will continue to be derived primarily from customs.

The government clearly stated its intention to lower taxes.

Prior to the conflict, GVC paid tax to the Government, but now it pays the FN.

In view of these developments, Governments have become more concerned about tax evasion in the international context and the resulting loss of government tax revenues.

The Government is urged to implement a fiscal proposal which includes concrete tax and non tax measures to make it possible to meet the taxation target at least by 2002.

The Government had introduced tax legislation aimed at reducing the fiscal deficit.

People wanted to know what their government was getting in terms of revenue.

Samoa News, 13 January 1998. Addressing the precarious financial situation of the Territorial Government, the Governor said that the Government had access to 4 million in revenue generated from excise taxes specifically passed by the Fono to pay off the Government s debts.

30. The Government has reformed the tax structure, reducing overall rates while widening coverage through improved efficiency in collection.

When governments think about the difficult task of raising taxes, they usually think about income tax, business taxes, and value added tax (VAT). But there are other taxes that can raise significant amounts of revenue with a much less negative impact on the economy.

There is no income tax, and customs duties account for about 35 per cent of government revenues other significant revenue sources are company fees, land and stamp taxes, employment tax, a hospital levy, vehicle licence fees and taxes on hotel occupancy, passenger departures and cigarette sales.

BIVAC International has audited imports to the port for taxation purposes for the Government since 2002 and is responsible for a 13 per cent increase in revenue for the Government from customs taxes.

And actually, private companies help governments with taxes.

In the 2004 to 2005 period, the Government proposes to collect revenues of 693.9 million.

This means that the fiscal regime must be reformed and simplified and that taxes be paid to the Government.

The government must not overestimate how much revenue can be gained by the consumption tax increase, and thus how much of the budget hole can be closed. Moreover, it has so far shrugged off any concern that the tax increase might have a chilling effect on consumption, and thus on economic growth.

Revenue transfers from central government to local authorities are one option.

Government revenue collection agents in several counties informed the team that all taxes collected were transported to the Ministry of Finance head office in Monrovia.

For example, we can choose how much to collect via a general income tax, a payroll tax, a consumption tax (such as a sales or value added tax), and so on. We can also choose how much revenue to raise today, rather than in the future (by varying the fiscal deficit).

Head, Division of International Taxation, Department of Tax and Custom Duties Policy, Ministry of Finance.

However, the Government has not been enforcing the clauses of the license agreement, leading to lower taxes paid to the Government.

A 7 per cent government value added tax (VAT) is applied to goods and services in Thailand.

The Government and Parliament must finally decide to substantially lessen the tax burden.

The Direction Générale des Impôts (DGI), the tax authority, has continued to try to widen the scope of the tax collection base through various schemes in Government controlled areas in an effort to increase State revenues.

However, the Government continues to ask petroleum importers to supply the executive mansion and other Government agencies and adjusts the taxes accordingly.

A tax is a quasi equity claim of the government on its citizens financial expectations. Gaining the consent of the majority of citizens to raise taxes can be a tall order politically, and has become more difficult as capital mobility has narrowed the tax base and triggered a race to the bottom on rates.

They put 180 percent tax on gasoline cars and zero tax on zero emission cars.

The territorial Government has also determined to try to lessen dependence for revenue on the financial sector by more efficiently collecting revenue elsewhere in the economy.

Agreement between the Government of the United Mexican States and the Government of Belize on reciprocal assistance between their customs administrations (20 September 1991)

Price reductions are closely linked to government policy measures that lead to the reduction of tariff barriers and barriers created by regulations.

It is clear that the tax exemptions provided for in the headquarters agreements undoubtedly applied to all three of those levels.

Witnesses described the arnona tax as renting your own house from the Israeli Government.

In this connection, the Government is to bring into effect a tax payable by the cruise ships in respect of the number of passenger cabins on each ship.

The Ministry of Finance created a Large Taxpayers Unit in March 2004, but corporations are not required to submit audited financial statements to the Unit or the Ministry of Finance, and thus the Government does not have any idea of the number of the corporations and the amount of taxes payable.

Unfortunately, advanced countries have implemented very little fundamental tax reform so far. Many governments are giving in to higher marginal tax rates rather than overhauling and simplifying the system.

However, the Government still faces major economic challenges, including unpaid individual tax refunds, earned income tax credits, Government agencies in arrears on a rent and vendor payments, the retirement fund's unfunded liability, a large operating debt and a severe shortfall in health funding.22

In developing countries tariff revenue accounts for 10 20 per cent of government revenue.

(a) The wages of an applicant and his her spouse, less State and municipal taxes

These features are rightly called tax expenditures, because they describe the government spending that occurs through the tax code. Eliminating or reducing these tax expenditures should therefore be seen as cutting government spending.

In the present case, government policies in Zambia in the area of exports, imports and tariffs were brought into play.

My Government has already implemented a programme to centralize all revenue collection under the Ministry of Finance.

Moreover, the most efficient sources of government revenues at the time were tariffs and taxes collected at the external border. Even from an efficiency point of view, it made sense to have the federal government service public debt.

But a consumption tax hike is no panacea, particularly given the government s lack of a growth strategy. Although a tax increase will undoubtedly be needed, it is the wrong priority at the moment and could prove counter productive if it causes the economy to decline dramatically.

Denmark elected a center left government committed to higher government spending financed by new taxes on the rich. And Greece has just voted for a new property tax to help close its yawning fiscal deficit.

And this research is being precipitated by the U.S. government, so you can see that your tax man is working for good causes.