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Surtax
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An additional charge on an item that is already taxed.

A surtax is a tax on a tax. For example, if a person pays one hundred dollars of tax on one thousand dollars of income, a 5 percent surtax would amount to an additional five dollars.


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31, 2010 and to be replaced by the unified tax tables, rates, surtaxes, exclusion amount and basis step-up rules in effect in 2001.
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The city has pledged in its indenture to the trustee: the city's receipt of monthly distributions by the county treasurer of county motor vehicle excise surtaxes and county wheel taxes; and 90% of the city's and county's monthly state transportation distributions from the state auditor.
 
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