Example sentences of "[noun sg] tax [was/were] to be " in BNC.

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1 It would be much more sensible if , as a staff writer in Ekonomska politika ( 15 February 1988 ) has suggested , the minimum point for assessing personal income tax were to be brought down to approximately the average income of each republic or province , and the scale of progressivity were to be less steep .
2 The basic rate of income tax was to be reduced from 29p to 27p in the punt , and the upper 52 per cent tax rate was to be abolished , leaving a single higher rate of 48 per cent .
3 Corporation tax was to be reduced from 50.8 to 28 per cent , although the overall corporate tax burden would remain virtually unchanged because the range of deductible items would be reduced .
4 Ahern also paid special attention to the motor industry , with a 1.7 per cent cut in car excise duty and a 9p per gallon reduction in petrol taxes , but vehicle road tax was to be increased by 20 per cent .
5 If , for example , the poll tax were to be replaced by a proportional income tax , this would in general change the tax burden on the median person , and hence — assuming that he remains decisive change the voting outcome .
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