surtax
Example Sentences
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As a result, they owe higher Medicare income-based Irmaa premiums; they won’t get $12,000 of senior deductions enacted last year; and they’ll owe the 3.8% surtax on part of their investment income, among other things.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Jenkins noted that Lyndon Johnson was forced to seek an income surtax in 1968 because he was worried about possible negative reactions in gold and the dollar from the “guns and butter” U.S. policies.
From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026
Supermarket bosses highlighted that part of the government's business rates reforms posed a problem for the industry, in particular the so-called business rates surtax, which is being levied on all large commercial premises.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2025
Payroll taxes paid by employers are rising not only to cover payouts to unemployed workers but also a state surcharge and a gradually increasing federal surtax to help pay off the principal on the debt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 18, 2024
I have communicated with the President-elect, Mr. Nixon, in connection with this policy of continuing the surtax for the time being.
From State of the Union Address by Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines) Johnson
