What we call the normal income tax is the ordinary tax; what we call the surtax is the supertax. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 4. American and English Today. 2. Differences in Usage] Reference
A progressive war surtax is the fairest way to pay for it – fairest to working class families and fairest to military families. From Wordnik.com. [Obama's Afghanistan decision meets with mixed reaction] Reference
A surtax is a tax on top of a person's ordinary income tax. From Wordnik.com. [Business and financial news - CNNMoney.com] Reference
So much for the jobs-destroying "surtax" that Mr. Fleischer decries. From Wordnik.com. [Debating Mr. Fleischer's Analysis of Business Hiring] Reference
His "surtax" gambit is an attempt to change the debate by blaming his predicament on the costs of an unpopular war. From Wordnik.com. [A War Surtax?] Reference
Adding a "surtax" at higher incomes would be a conspicuous violation of the rule, as would adding additional tax brackets. From Wordnik.com. [Single Tax Rate, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
Obama said he expects some kind of surtax to be part of a final plan, but did not say specifically what he would back. From Wordnik.com. [Jacksonville Business News - Local Jacksonville News | Jacksonville Business Journal] Reference
(that was a "statutory" rate of 36 and a 'surtax' of ten percent on top of 36, or 3.6). From Wordnik.com. [TPMCafe] Reference
"I'm opposed to a war surtax," Pelosi said bluntly. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 2, 2007] Reference
The Democrats 'riposte can be a surtax on millionaires. From Wordnik.com. [That'll Teach The Rascais] Reference
Now, that surtax is the centerpiece of the House proposal. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 19, 2009] Reference
You know, New York State put a surtax on high income earners. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 17, 2009] Reference
The tax could be an energy tax, a payroll tax or an income surtax. From Wordnik.com. [Rx for Health Care: Pain] Reference
KING: Do you support a separate accounting, a separate war surtax?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 29, 2009] Reference
BLITZER: Republicans were quick to shoot down that surtax proposal. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 12, 2009] Reference
Bottom line: Governments impose a 33% surtax on Sally's job each year. From Wordnik.com. [Why I'm Not Hiring] Reference
Congress is set -- trying to put a surtax on the wealthy for health care. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 3, 2009] Reference
DAVID OBEY (D-WI), CHAIRMAN, APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE: It will be a war surtax. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 2, 2007] Reference
But a handful of Democrats want President Obama to impose a surtax to pay for it. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 1, 2009] Reference
Now some House Democrats are proposing what they call a share-the-sacrifice surtax. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 25, 2009] Reference
He argues that this discrepancy constitutes "a 33% surtax on Sally's job each year.". From Wordnik.com. [Debating Mr. Fleischer's Analysis of Business Hiring] Reference
This budget anticipates the extension of the surtax that Congress enacted last year. From Wordnik.com. [State of the Union Address (1790-2001)] Reference
But the way he wants to pay for it is to impose this surtax on very high income taxpayers. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 28, 2007] Reference
Pay-for: Loans to Unemployment Insurance (UI) Funds to be repaid with a small UI surtax starting in 2013 on all employers. From Wordnik.com. [Forum: Andy Stern's plan to create 12 million new jobs] Reference
Only the surplus of 1969 stemmed from deliberate policy: a 10 percent income surtax reluctantly passed by Congress in 1968. From Wordnik.com. [The $3 Trillion Cop-Out] Reference
I have communicated with the President-elect, Mr. Nixon, in connection with this policy of continuing the surtax for the time being. From Wordnik.com. [State of the Union Address (1790-2001)] Reference
He favors universal child and health care and wants a 7.5 percent surtax on big corporations and the rich to finance the S&L bailout. From Wordnik.com. [Crashing The Capitol Club] Reference
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