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Meaning of "capital levy" in the English dictionary

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CAPITAL LEVY

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Capital levy is a noun.
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WHAT DOES CAPITAL LEVY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Capital levy

A capital levy is a tax on capital rather than income, and is collected once rather than annually. For example, a capital levy of 30% will see an individual or business with a net worth of $100,000 pay $30,000 in tax, regardless of income. It is considered difficult for a government to implement, as the confiscatory nature of taxation is more apparent than with income tax. Thus once such a levy is enacted, capital flight is likely to ensue. Some economists argue that capital levies are a disincentive to savings and investment, though others argue that in theory this need not be the case. The latter view has gained some acceptance as more and more heavily indebted nations struggle to raise revenues; in October of 2013, the International Monetary Fund released a report stating that “The sharp deterioration of the public finances in many countries has revived interest in a ‘capital levy’ – a one-off tax on private wealth – as an exceptional measure to restore debt sustainability. The appeal is that such a tax, if it is implemented before avoidance is possible and there is a belief that it will never be repeated, does not distort behavior...

Definition of capital levy in the English dictionary

The definition of capital levy in the dictionary is a tax on capital or property as contrasted with a tax on income.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CAPITAL LEVY

capital cost
capital employed
capital equipment
capital expenditure
capital formation
capital gain
capital gains tax
capital gearing
capital goods
capital investment
capital market
capital movement
capital offence
capital punishment
capital reserves
capital sentence
capital ship
capital stock
capital structure
capital sum

WORDS THAT END LIKE CAPITAL LEVY

bevy
chevy
curvy
Davy
envy
gravy
groovy
heavy
import levy
ivy
levy
navy
poison ivy
privy
replevy
Royal Navy
savvy
tax levy
the navy
wavy

Synonyms and antonyms of capital levy in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «capital levy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CAPITAL LEVY

Find out the translation of capital levy to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of capital levy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «capital levy» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

资本征费
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

impuesto sobre el capital
570 millions of speakers

English

capital levy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

राजधानी लेवी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ضريبة العاصمة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

капитал сбор
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

imposição de capital
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

রাজধানী লেভি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

impôt sur la fortune
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Levi modal
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Vermögensabgabe
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

資本課税
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

자본 부과
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ibukutha levy
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tiền vốn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மூலதன வரி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

भांडवली कर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Sermaye birimi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

prelievo di capitale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

opłata kapitał
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

капітал збір
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

taxă de capital
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εισφορά κεφαλαίου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kapitaal heffing
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kapitalavgiften
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kapital avgift
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of capital levy

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CAPITAL LEVY»

The term «capital levy» is used very little and occupies the 155.302 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CAPITAL LEVY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about capital levy

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CAPITAL LEVY»

Discover the use of capital levy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to capital levy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Schumpeter for Our Century
4.1 Pre-requisites of a viable capital levy and its effects For a capital levy to be viable, several conditions have to be fulfilled. Moreover, it has specific effects which have to be considered (see Kaplow 2006: 2-6, Eichengreen 1990: 194- 202): 1.
Horst Hanusch, 2010
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International Finance and Its Reorganization
A Levy on Intangible Capital iii. A Capital Levy Would Supplement the Income Tax D. MISCONCEPTIONS CONCERNING THE LEVY 491 i. Capital Levy is not a New Proposal ii. Capital Levy is Not Equivalent to Repudiation E. THE METHOD  ...
Elisha M. Friedman, 1922
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The Politics of State Expansion: War, State and Society in ...
The expansion of the British state was neither automatic nor accidental, Cronin argues. He focusses on the recurring struggles over its role in society and on the later retreat from Keynesian principles.
James Cronin, 2005
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Institutional Foundations of Public Finance: Economic and ...
However, the more it is recognized that a capital levy is optional under a consumption tax, the less sanguine one can be about the expectations of repetition that might accompany a consumption tax transition capital levy (see Shaviro, 2000).
Alan J. Auerbach, Daniel N. Shaviro, 2008
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Just Taxes: The Politics of Taxation in Britain, 1914-1979
Jenkins therefore turned to the capital levy to curb spending by the wealthy and to encourage equality.36 The second benefit was control of what Hicks called ' suppressed inflation'. The problem, as he saw it, was that the economy was ' empty': ...
Martin Daunton, 2007
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Handbook of Law and Economics
There are two major problems with arguments in favor of a capital levy. First is the familiar point that the future promise may not be credible. The prospect of capital levies is a serious fear in many developing economies, which discourages ...
A. Mitchell Polinsky, Steven Shavell, 2007
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Public Debt Management: Theory and History
(1918, pp. 52-3) emphasized reputational effects when contrasting the capital levy with debt cancellation. All this was an argument against imposing a capital levy in excess of that which could be justified on the basis of independently verified, ...
Rudiger Dornbusch, Mario Draghi, 1990
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Papers and proceedings of the annual meeting
American Economic Association. Meeting, American Economic Association. The constitutional question is the same as that which has been discussed above. Unless by some legal quibble the capital levy were to be defined as something other ...
American Economic Association. Meeting, American Economic Association, 1919
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Collected Papers James Meade
that the capital levy has left the distribution of personal incomes unchanged. If the capital levy was a proportionate one, it would also have left the distribution of property unchanged, in the sense that it would have reduced all personal ...
Susan Howson, 2014
10
The American Economic Review
The constitutional question is the same as that which has been discussed above. Unless by some legal quibble the capital levy were to be defined as something other than a direct tax, which seems altogether unlikely, it would under our ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CAPITAL LEVY»

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Will the IMF Bail-Out Puerto Rico?
The Report titled “Taxing Times” calls for the confiscation of household assets through a “Capital Levy” against citizens who have a “positive net ... «Center for Research on Globalization, Jul 15»
2
KPMG update: municipal spending on a decline, staffing and …
“Capital financing (is) the formal establishment of a capital levy,” he explained. “(It's) setting aside a percentage of your budget on an annual ... «Midnorth Monitor, Jun 15»
3
A quality education should be a right for all, not just a privilege for …
This does not count the heavy pressure on parents to buy million-dollar debentures and capital levy. The city's education is increasingly being ... «South China Morning Post, Jun 15»
4
Budget report leads to procedural debate
Staff's report also requested that administration develop recommendations for a capital levy not to exceed 1% to align with council's asset ... «Chatham Daily News, Jun 15»
5
School board candidates cite restoring public trust as a top priority
... divide in the community, especially between the board and some voters who have twice denied capital levy measures in the last two years. «Peninsula Gateway, Jun 15»
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School district may refinance debt
... there would be no tax increase to the taxpayers because the district would pay the loan's debt service from the current 1.5 mil capital levy. «Highlands Today, Jun 15»
7
a way past the insanity over Greece
Any attempt by the state to expropriate money from the banks via a capital levy would be treated as a hostile act. This proposal returns ... «Financial Times, Jun 15»
8
Upgraded parking coming to Bradford's Mary Street
An estimated $75,000 will be covered under the reserve fund, while another $77,000 will come from the special capital levy. The increase is ... «Simcoe.com, Jun 15»
9
Staff To Recommend 3% Average Tax Increase
Chatham-Kent Council is being asked to consider a 2% tax increase and 1% capital levy on average over the next three years. Chief Financial ... «BlackburnNews.com, Jun 15»
10
Tandem turf projects in SK, CK get underway
Central Kitsap School District's capital levy covers the $626,200 project, which has been on the district's to-do list since the levy passed in 2011. «Kitsap Sun, Jun 15»

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