Word: bracketing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...example, insert COLA clauses in office leases. Divorce settlements often contain a clause that increases child support and alimony payments according to rises in the CPI. California and a few other states have indexed their income taxes. This automatically raises the amount of earnings covered by each tax bracket, thus keeping tax rates the same even though inflation-bloated incomes are increasing...
...have gone from 19.4% of his income in 1975 to 21.9% today, and will reach 22.7% in 1981. Federal taxes next year are due to increase by about $45 billion because of higher Social Security payroll deductions, the new windfall profits tax on oil companies and the so-called bracket creep, whereby inflation pushes taxpayers into higher income and tax categories...
White House officials strongly deny those predictions and Selective Service director Bernard D. Rotsker has said that more than 100 per cent of those asked to register, including men outside the age bracket who are patriotic, will sign...
...fate of number two player Howard Sands, who has a slightly better record than Pompan and is the New England bracket "A" champion, is still undecided, and rests in the hands of the NCAA selection committee. The fact that Sands has played number two all year may hurt his chances of being chosen for tournament play...
...number four, the Terner-Adam Cioth match should go down to the wire. Terner is the new New England "B" bracket champ...