contingency tax
Americannoun
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Even so, dropping the contingency tax will increase the projected 1986 deficit from $154.6 billion to $196.2 billion.
From Time Magazine Archive
Another plan is to propose a consumption tax, such as the value-added tax, in place of the contingency tax.
From Time Magazine Archive
One idea is to reintroduce the "contingency tax," which the President put into the 1984 budget but never formally proposed.
From Time Magazine Archive
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