Word: surtaxable
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...fought to raise the maximum surtax from 20% (in the bill) to 25%, and lost...
...Surtaxes running up to a maximum of 20% at $100,000 and more (the present maximum surtax is 40% at $150,000 and more...
...China to be allowed to raise her present tariff schedules by levying a surtax of 2½% after Feb. 1, 1926, and a 5% tax on luxuries after July 1, 1926. This first proposal simply echoes the concessions contemplated in the Washington Treaty, under which the present customs Conference is being called. What follows enlarges and exceeds the concessions then planned...
...interim before the enforcement of the new law a surtax, in addition to the present uniform 5% tariff, shall be levied as follows: 5% on ordinary goods, 20% on luxuries, 30% on wine and tobacco...
...Chinese Press was generally unfriendly toward the conferees, and reflected less violently the attitude of 2,000 Chinese students, who rioted and reviled the Chinese Government for "inviting" the Powers to Peking under the Washington treaties, which envision the addition of a surtax of only 2½% on everything but luxuries, and only 5% on them...