Word: exemption
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Last March the Cambridge City Council passed an ordinance prohibiting smoking in all public buildings, but church bingo players and area bowling teams are among a few select groups exempt from the law. At least one Harvard researcher, who is studying the social effects of the ordinance, is trying to find...
...adds that she views her concentration as "all electives--there's no 'They say I have to take it.'" Nonetheless, no one-not even a special concentrator--is so special as to be exempt from the Core. "But," she added, "I made up my own exemptions...
Among the amendments that failed was a provision to exempt cities and towns from the insurance mandate. Proponents conceded they did not know of any municipalities not offering health insurance coverage already...
Raise taxes on employer-paid insurance premiums. Only premiums on life- insurance coverage of more than $50,000 are taxed; the exemption for smaller amounts could be removed. Health-insurance premiums, now exempt, could be taxed as income when the payments amount to more than $80 per month for an individual or $200 for a family. $8.6 billion...
Reduce the tax-free portion of pension funding. Under some retirement plans, annual payments of up to $90,000 are tax exempt. All tax-free thresholds could be reduced by half. $3.6 billion...