levy
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The bank levy currently charges 0.1% on outstanding short-term loans and 0.05% on longer-dated loans, although mortgages are excluded from the calculation.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
The levy consistently generated less revenue than predicted, and President Emmanuel Macron scrapped it in 2018.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Texas doesn’t levy corporate income or personal income taxes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
Ethics Commission can levy fines of up to $15,000 or three times the amount of money at issue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
He'd returned from Rosby to deliver a fresh levy of spearmen recruited from Lord Cyles's estates and resume his command of the City Watch.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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The levies included a $750 million civil money penalty from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency related to anti-money-laundering deficiencies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
Ireland recommended hiking some of the levies but stuck more or less to the commission's original lines, saying the measures it was putting forward would raise 55 billion euros a year.
From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026
Measure ULA, which took effect in 2023, levies a 4% transfer tax on all L.A. property sales above $5.4 million and a 5.5% tax on sales above $10.9 million.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
But banks have pushed back, suggesting heavier levies would undermine the government's aim to boost growth and make the UK less competitive.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
"Lord Frey's levies have joined them. They are likely no more than a day's march north of us."
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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The allegations against Ross raised in the affidavit appear to align with claims his ex-girlfriend, influencer Jazzma Kendrick, levied against the rapper.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
They’re more commonly levied on older buildings and communities with shrinking financial reserves, according to Vantaca, an HOA-management platform that works with property-management companies.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
Prosecutors unveiled the indictment in early 2019, and Washington slapped a first round of sanctions on Huawei after the charges were levied.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
By contrast, canals such as Panama or Suez, which are man‑made waterways, may be subject to tolls levied by the states that control them.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
This was the moment I had lost Audrey: this was the moment the costs had become real, when the tax was levied, the rent due.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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A California judge turned down a petition to halt surcharges home insurers have been levying policyholders statewide for costs related to the January 2025 wildfires in L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
From next year, Europe's biggest economy is set to join many other countries by levying a tax on sugary drinks in a bid to raise funds to support its under-pressure health system.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
It would prohibit any state from levying taxes retroactively on people who no longer live there.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 2, 2026
Hamas is increasingly levying taxes on all kinds of goods and services in Gaza, Arab and Israeli officials said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 10, 2026
Philadelphia, May 24th, 1779,299 Expressing his satisfaction with the arrangements of Congress for levying supplies by a tax.
From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Volume X (of 12) by Various
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