Wiktionary A surcharge may mean an extra fee added onto another fee or charge Fuel surcharge , sky freight charges which represents additions due to jet fuel prices. Bunker adjustment factor , sea freight charges which represents additions due to oil prices. an overprint that affects the value of a postage stamp a surcharge sanction against a public servant who has abused public funds any loading from above the soil line upon earth being supported by a retaining wall Surtax , extra tax levied upon tax disambig fr Surcharge homonymie ja ru ... more details
In the United Kingdom a public servant, for example a local government officer, who has unlawfully spent public funds, or caused loss to a public authority through misconduct may be surcharged to recover public money. The surcharge may be applied, after referral to a court by the Audit Commission . In the case of an illegal corporate decision by an elected body all the councillors may be surcharged . Councillors from Lambeth and Liverpool who were involved in the Rate capping rebellion in 1985 were surcharged. See also Disgorgement law External links http www.opsi.gov.uk acts acts2000 20000022.htm Local Government Act 2000 amending The Audit Commission Act 1998 http www.auditcommission.gov.uk Audit Commission website Category Auditing Commission UK gov stub ... more details
sections date February 2010 cleanup date February 2010 wikify date February 2010 New Jersey Surcharge is the program that New Jersey uses of charging an additional fee through the DMV that is generally two to three times the amount of a traffic violation in addition to the original ticket in order to bring in extra money for the state budget. The program was originally created to help subsidize state bonds for drivers who could not afford insurance but the revenue now mostly goes to the states discretionary general fund. ref http www.njleg.state.nj.us 2006 Bills A4000 3524 I1.PDF ref New Jersey is the only state in the country with this type of surcharge program. In the last few years, the state has charged drivers 583 million dollars in surcharge fees, but the majority of those charged could not afford to pay the fines and had their driving privileges suspended because of their inability to pay. ref http www.nj.com news index.ssf 2009 06 nj senate advances bill giving.html ref The legislature acknowledged that the program created a vicious cycle as many of those who fell behind on payment lost their license and were unable to get to work, making it even less likely that they would ever regain their license or escape the debt. ref http www.nj.com news index.ssf 2009 06 nj senate advances bill giving.html ref Even those who filed for bankruptcy found themselves unable to escape the fines and penalties created from the NJ surcharge program. ref http www.njtrafficlawcenter.com info payment of fines.htm ref References reflist Category Government of New Jersey ... more details
File Shaanxi Province local surcharge labels.jpg 200px thumb Local postal surcharge labels issued at Ankang in Shaanxi Province. Local postal surcharge labels are a class of labels applied widely to China Chinese internal mail between January 1987 and February 1999. They have also been called Additional Charge Labels and Added Charge Labels . ref name palmer Palmer, Lars. Added Charge Labels in Journal of Chinese Philately , Vol.56, No.2, December 2008, pp.20 25 ref Background In China, local provincial governments collect and supply the postal services but the charges are set by the national government. Increasing inflation meant that by 1987 the amount charged for postal services was less than the cost of providing those services. Local governments therefore requested an increase in postal rates but this was refused by the national government. The local governments were allowed, however, to levy an additional charge on certain outgoing mail items to defray their costs and in January 1987 the first local postal surcharge label was used in Guangdong . ref name palmer Use The labels quickly became popular and, eventually, labels were issued in 25 different provinces. Around 1500 different labels are known. The rules set for their use were as follows ref name palmer The charges were to be created and collected locally. The charges only applied to items that had already had postage applied above the lowest rate, e.g. parcels and registered letters. The charges were not to apply on international mail. The additional charge was to be noted on the item and the sender given a receipt. The labels were not to resemble postage stamps. In practice many did Recording the extra charge was done in a variety of ways, including manuscript marks, postal chop marks, extra postage stamps and printed ... Postal Surcharge Labels and Receipts of Hubei Province, P.R.C. , Wuhan, China Qintai Philatelic ... China . Molndal, Sweden Lars Palmer, 2007. Illustrated Catalogue of the Postal Surcharge of Guangdong ... more details
Summary Non free use rationale Article Local postal surcharge labels Description Local postal surcharge labels Source Scan of original Portion Whole Low resolution Purpose Illustrates subject of article Replaceability other information Licensing Non free stamp ... more details
Information Description Surcharge forgery and genuine surcharge on Puerto Principe stamps shown side by side. Source U.S. government for Cuba during its intervention in 1899. Author U.S. government, 1899 Date 1899 Permission PD old other versions move to commons Category Stamps of Cuba ... more details
that would be the same for in state shipping. However, Oregon s surcharge of 2.25 for out of state waste compared with a surcharge of 0.85 on in state waste was determined facially discriminatory. Citing ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 The United States Revenue and Expenditure Control Act of 1968 created a temporary 10 percent income tax surcharge on both individuals and corporation s through June 30, 1969. It also delayed the scheduled reduction in the telephone and automobile excise tax es. US tax acts DEFAULTSORT Revenue And Expenditure Control Act Of 1968 Category United States federal taxation legislation Category 1968 in law US fed statute stub ... more details
Vacuum consolidation or vacuum preloading is a soft soil improvement method that has been successfully used by geotechnical engineers and specialist sof ground improvement companies in countries such as Australia, China, Korea, Thailand and France for soil improvement or land reclamation Chu et al., 2005 . It does not necessarily require surcharge fill and vacuum loads of 80kPa or greater can, typically, be maintained for as long as required. However, if loads of 80kPa or greater are needed in order to achieve the target soil improvement, additional surcharge may be placed on top of the vacuum system. The vacuum preloading method is cheaper and faster than the fill surcharge method for an equivalent load in suitable areas. Where the underlying ground consists of permeable materials, such as sand or sandy clay, the cost of the technique will be significantly increased due to the requirement of cut off walls into non permeable layers to seal off the vacuum. It has been suggested by Carter et al. 2005 that the settlement resulting from vacuum preloading is less than that from a surcharge load of the same magnitude as vacuum consolidation is influenced by drainage boundary conditions. References Carter, J.P., Chai, J.C. & Hayashi, S. 2005 . Ground Deformation Induced by Vacuum Consolidation. ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. Vol 131, Iss 12, pp 187 192 . Chu, J. & Yan, S.W. 2005 . Estimation of Degree of Consolidation for Vacuum Preloading Projects. International Journal of Geomechanics. Vol 5, Iss 2, pp 187 192 . Category Vacuum ... more details
Summary Built in 1903, the seven storey corner property housing the Radisson SAS Hotel Kiev is set within the city s diplomatic district. Beyond the grand fa ade lies a contemporary reception area with marble flooring and dark wood panelling. ATMs are located at the 24 hour front desk where multilingual staff can assist with travel and tourist arrangements. Garage parking is provided surcharge . Licensing GFDL migration relicense ... more details
Infobox Interbank Network name Allpoint logo Image AllpointLogo.png 140px area United States foundation 2003 members 1,100 atm 37,000 Allpoint is an interbank network in the United States connecting Automated teller machine ATMs in all 50 states. It advertises itself as being America s Largest ATM usage fees Surcharge Free ATM Network , with 1 in every 12 ATMs being part of its network. It is the youngest of the American interbank networks, having been founded only in 2003 and also being the first network to be founded in over 20 years. ref http www.allpointnetwork.com news 2003 03 0402.html ATM National Launches Allpoint, America s Largest Surcharge Free ATM Network , Allpoint Press Release, April 2, 2003 ref Allpoint is notable for not charging fees to customers of member banks. This contrasts with most U.S. ATM networks that charge fees to customers using an ATM at any location other than their own bank. References Reflist External link http www.allpointnetwork.com Official website Interbank networks Category Interbank networks Category Companies established in 2003 US bank stub ... more details
orphan date April 2011 Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Bunker adjustment factor or BAF refers to floating part of ship transport sea freight charges which represents additions due to oil prices . BAF charges used to be determined by Carrier Conferences to be applicable for a certain period on a certain trade route. The European Commission banned Carrier Conferences as of October 17, 2008. The shipping lines now set their own independent BAF rates. They will be closely monitored by the EC to ensure that no collusion is taking place. Fluctuations in oil prices will alter rates depending on any of a wide variation in applications. See also Surcharge DEFAULTSORT Bunker Adjustment Factor Category Commerce International trade stub de Bunker Adjustment Factor es BAF uk BAF zh ... more details
In the travel industry , package deal and accommodation prices may be quoted per person but are generally structured on the basis that two people will travel and room together. The surcharge that this entails for a solo traveller is known as the single person supplement sometimes single supplement . ref name Lyon2003 This surcharge is widely unpopular amongst solo travellers. ref name Cram2006 James Lyon describes the single person supplement as solo travellers hav& 91 ing& 93 to pay & 91 &hellip & 93 for the privilege of having a room all to themselves . ref name Lyon2003 Tony Cram observes that part of its unpopularity lies in what Thomas Nagle and Reed Holden listed in Further reading further reading describe as a framing effect . ref name Cram2006 Given the following two holiday package prices, for the same airline travel, destination, hotel £ 300, with a £ 25 discount for early booking £ 250, with a 10 single person surcharge customers will choose the former over the latter, even though the total cost, £ 275, is in fact the same. The reason for this choice is Nagle and Holden s framing effect . Purchases are framed by customers when they evaluate them as bundles of gains and losses and customers choose gains over losses. An early booking discount is a gain, whereas a surcharge is a loss. Cram propounds the principle that prices are always more flexible downwards rather than upwards. Pricing structures that appear to penalize the small scale or one off buyer, such as a solo traveller, are unpopular. ref name Cram2006 The single person supplement can form a significant extra cost to a holiday. ref name Grant2009 Travel expert Pauline Frommer observes that the single person supplements for rooms, tours, and cruises can form up to 40 of the total cost of a vacation, and cannot be evaded or negotiated down. ref name Link2010 References references ref name Lyon2003 cite book title Maldives series Lonely Planet Travel Guides author James Lyon editi ... more details
Ballot Measure 30 of 2004 would have created a surcharge on Oregon s income tax , raised the minimum tax corporations pay in Oregon income taxes, and made other changes to the tax code to increase revenues. Similar to the previous year s defeated Oregon Ballot Measure 28 2003 Measure 28 , it was proposed as a way to avoid state budget cuts caused by a deficit . The measure was defeated in the February 3, 2004 special election, with 418,315 votes in favor, 691,462 votes against. The Seventy third Oregon Legislative Assembly 2003 2004 biennium saw continued recession economic problems for the state of Oregon, including a continuation of high unemployment rates. The recession brought decreased revenues for state coffers, causing budget shortfalls and threatening budget cuts for education , health care , services to senior citizen s, and law enforcement. To prevent these cuts, the Oregon Legislature passed a bill enacting several tax increases, and repealing some tax credits. The main tax increase was a tax surcharge, in which taxpayers would be charged an additional percentage of their income tax liability, based on their progressive tax tax bracket . However, Oregon tax revolt anti tax activists , collaborating with the state United States Republican Party Republican and United States Libertarian Party Libertarian parties, collected enough signatures to require a referendum to approve the law. Especially surprising to some observers was the margin by which the measure was defeated in Multnomah County, Oregon Multnomah County . Measure 28 had passed in that county, but Measure 30 was defeated there with 58 percent voting no. Some claimed that this was because county voters had passed their own temporary income tax in the wake of Measure 28 s defeat and were not interested in bailing out the rest of the state. See also List of Oregon ballot measures External links http www.sos.state.or.us elections feb032004 guide m30.htm Oregon Voter s Guide page for Measure 30 includes ... more details
1921 and the European airmail postcard surcharge 1925 ref name hedelius30 33 15 re May 14, 1926 ..., 1933 273J 150,000 , 451J 25,620 The 25 re paid the 1925 European Airmail letter surcharge ref name ... the North American Airmail letter surcharge 1927 and combination European rates ref name hedelius96 ... matter airmail surcharge. ref name hedelius30 33 Image 1928toSweden.jpg thumb 1928 use to Sweden ... re and three times the 15 re 20 grams Nordic airmail surcharge. ref name hedelius30 33 Image 1929toAustralia.jpg ... 25 re and the 1927 airmail surcharge 35 re to Iraq . ref cite book last Tester first H. E. title ... foreign letter rate, the 1926 25 re registry fee and the 1928 European airmail surcharge of 15 re ... The 10 re paid the internal and Nordic airmail postcard surcharge 1934 ref name hedelius30 33 15 re June 9, 1934 461,150 The 15 re paid the internal and Nordic airmail letter surcharge 1934 and the European airmail postcard surcharge 1934 ref name hedelius30 33 20 re June 9, 1934 450,450 The 20 ... surcharge to Indochina of 160 re. ref name hedelius30 33, 168 cite book last Hedelius first Mats ... Netherlands Antilles airmail surcharge was 230 re. Image 1939toChina.jpg thumb 1938 use to China ... the 1934 foreign letter rate of 30 re and the 1939 Hong Kong airmail surcharge of 65 re. ref name ... more details
2009 ref Airport surcharge A 5 surcharge applies on cash fares purchased at vending machines at YVR Airport Station, however day passes, FareSaver tickets and monthly passes are exempt from the surcharge ... more details
2009 ref Airport surcharge A 5 surcharge applies on cash fares purchased at vending machines at Sea ... the surcharge. Travel between YVR Airport Station YVR Airport , Sea Island Centre and Templeton Station ... more details
state income tax surcharge imposed on the portion of a taxpayer s taxable income in excess of 1 million. In the past, this surcharge has taken in between 900 million and 1.5 billion annually. ref name ... more details
noref date July 2007 Time and a half is when a worker or workers is paid 1.5 times their usual hourly rate. It is usually paid as an incentive to work on a particular day e.g. on Sundays or as government mandated compensation for having workers work on particular days e.g. public holidays . In the United States, this provision, as well as the minimum wage, was first instituted by the Fair Labor Standards Act . The act was passed in 1938, during the Great Depression. Overtime pay was not intended primarily as a bonus to the worker but as a penalty or fine upon the employer. In order to increase employment opportunities, Congress encouraged employers to hire more workers for the same amount of time better three workers at forty hours per week than two at sixty per week. Citation needed date January 2010 In New Zealand , if a worker works on a public holiday , the worker gets time and a half for the hours they worked, and a day in lieu i.e. he she gets his holiday a day or two later. This legislation explains the 10 15 surcharge and or special offers not being available on public holidays. See also Overtime Category Labor rights Category Business law Category Working time econ stub ... more details
unreferenced date May 2009 Image Dollar bill goes here.JPG right thumb Vending machine Slot to accept bills in change machine. A change machine is a machine that accepts large denominations of currency and returns an equal amount of currency in smaller banknote bills or coin s. Typically these machines are used to provide coins in exchange for paper currency, in which case they are also often known as bill changers . In the United States US , these devices are typically seen in the vicinity of machines that will not accept paper currency. This can be in a parking facility that has parking meter s, in laundromat s, or near vending machine s that lack bill validator s and don t accept paper currency. Before the advent of coinless slot machine s, casino s would sometimes have change machines that would accept paper currency and return coins or tokens that could be used in the machines. A similar arrangement has often been found at video arcade s. In some cases a machine may subtract a small amount e.g. 5 cents as a Fee surcharge for the transaction. References refs See also Automated cash handling Manual fare collection Coin dispenser Money changer Category Currency Category Vending machines tech stub money stub ja ... more details
issue Christmas or Easter stamps in two sets of values, with one set having a charitable surcharge ... a postal value of 1 with an added 1 surcharge. Charitable disaster relief stamps are commonly found ... issues are often used, overprint ed with text indicating the reason for the surcharge. References ... more details
About the legal term other uses Disgorge disambiguation merge to Asset forfeiture date February 2011 Disgorgement is the forced giving up of profits ref cite web url http www.abb.com cawp seitp202 b7aa479846d0fe19c12577ae0017bfa0.aspx title ABB pay 58.3 million in disgorgement publisher ABB press release accessdate 2010 10 05 ref obtained by Law illegal or ethics unethical acts. A court may order wrongdoers to pay back illegal profits, with interest, to prevent unjust enrichment . Disgorgement is a legal remedy remedy and not a punishment . Black s Law Dictionary defines disgorgement as the act of giving up something such as profits illegally obtained on demand or by legal compulsion . In re Gleeson s Will 124 N.E.2d 624 Ill. App. 1955 , disgorgement was used as a remedy when the trustee remained as a holdover on the testator s land and acquired a profit. References Reflist colwidth 30em See also Bonus Malus wikt clawback clawback Fair Fund Surcharge sanction DEFAULTSORT Disgorgement Law Category Judicial remedies Law term stub sv F rverkande ... more details
Wikify date April 2010 Orphan date February 2009 The Union budget of India Union Budget of India for the year 1997 98, presented on February 28, 1997 by the Finance Minister of India P. Chidambaram , was termed by the Indian media as the Dream Budget . ref cite news url http economictimes.indiatimes.com articleshow 1525524.cms title Tenth year after that dream budget author Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar coauthors M. K. Venu publisher The Economic Times date 2007 01 30 accessdate 2007 03 01 ref The budget is attributed for laying down the road map for economic reforms in India. The highlights of the budget were the lowering of Income Tax rates, removal of the surcharge on corporate tax, and reduced corporate tax rates. ref cite web publisher Ministry of Finance, Government of India title Budget Highlights url http indiabudget.nic.in ub1997 98 bh BHMAIN.HTM accessdate 2007 03 01 ref References reflist External links http indiabudget.nic.in ub1997 98 welcome.html Official 97 98 Budget website Category Union budget of India ... more details
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