surcharge

Example Sentences

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Adding insult to injury, he estimates you will have to pay another $1,315 annual income-related monthly adjusted amount, or IRMAA, surcharge on your Medicare premiums, bringing your total tax bill to $19,681.

From Barron's • Jun. 24, 2026

GNW 2023 Realisations Limited was fined £400,000 and ordered to pay a £2,000 victim surcharge and £17,854 in costs at Merthyr Tydfil Magistrates' Court on 17 June 2026.

From BBC • Jun. 23, 2026

The company was fined £150,000 and told to pay a victim surcharge of £11,250 at Inverness Sheriff Court on Tuesday.

From BBC • Jun. 17, 2026

Trucking companies with long-term customers can generally pass on the higher fuel costs by adding a fuel surcharge in the bill, but truck drivers taking on short-term contracts—as Whitaker does—typically don’t get this benefit.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

Alabama charges a 30 percent collection fee, and Florida allows private debt collectors to tack on a 40 percent surcharge to the underlying debt.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander