surtax

The bill would impose a new surtax on millionaires, for example, along with new minimums on companies that under current law pay nothing in income tax to the government — even in years when those firms profit handsomely.
House passes roughly $2 trillion spending package that would expand social benefits and fight climate change|Tony Romm|November 19, 2021|Washington Post
The Medicare surtax is collected efficiently and automatically.
Obama Finds Healthcare.gov’s New Hero|Daniel Gross|October 24, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Regardless, the Affordable Care Act (a.k.a. Obamacare) will impose a dividend surtax of 3.8 percent on the highest earners.
Fiscal Cliff Spurs Record Special Dividend Payouts|Matthew Zeitlin|December 31, 2012|DAILY BEAST
When the Affordable Care Act is fully implemented, the top rate will rise past 40%, including the new health care surtax.
10 Questions for President Obama|David Frum|October 1, 2012|DAILY BEAST

Because the Democrats want to pay for it with a small surtax on the very top earners.
Michael Tomasky: GOP Is Set to Self-Destruct Over Payroll Tax|Michael Tomasky|November 29, 2011|DAILY BEAST
The Democrats want to pay for it with a 3.5 percent surtax on dollars earned over $1 million per year.
Michael Tomasky: GOP Is Set to Self-Destruct Over Payroll Tax|Michael Tomasky|November 29, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Since April 1905 a surtax of 7% has been imposed on all goods of other than French origin.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language"|Various
In addition, a surtax of five francs gold per bag (961⁄4 cents) was placed on every bag exported to pay carrying charges.
All About Coffee|William H. Ukers
The Government asked for power to increase the existing surtax to 20 per cent, if needed.
The Annual Register 1914|Anonymous
What we call the normal income tax is the ordinary tax; what we call the surtax is the supertax.
The American Language|Henry L. Mencken
Rich people, since the income tax, are officially those who pay the tax but not the surtax.
The Unpopular Review, Volume II Number 3|Various

British Dictionary definitions for surtax

surtax

/ (ˈsɜːˌtæks) /

noun

a tax, usually highly progressive, levied on the amount by which a person's income exceeds a specific level

an additional tax on something that has already been taxed

verb

(tr) to assess for liability to surtax; charge with an extra tax

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Cultural definitions for surtax

surtax

A tax added to an existing tax. To help finance the Vietnam War, for example, Congress imposed a surtax on the federal income tax.

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