Surtax Definition

Surtax Sentence Examples

• Since April 1905 a surtax of 7% has been imposed on all goods of other than French origin.

• Any sugar imported at a cheaper price must pay a surtax that brings the final price up to $ 385 a ton.

• Like communal revenue, provincial revenue has considerably increased since 1880, principally on account of the increase in the land and building surtax.

• Raw nuts pay an 18 per cent export surtax - a measure designed to protect the national cashew processing industry.

• In April 1995, that protection took the form of a heavy surtax on the export of raw nuts.