compensatory tax

By the early 13005 all French gentlemen owed service or compensatory taxes based on their wealth and status.

The later Capetians and the early Valois tried to use this tradition to force those who did not serve to pay a compensatory tax.

Environmental authorities that guarantee the renewability of water make use of this compensatory tax to cover expenses related to carrying out their responsibility.

In the UK, contracting out at lower cost quite often means compensatory tax measures at the lower end of pay, a public subsidy to poor wages from poor employers.

Fourthly, if no agreement on limiting greenhouse gas emissions is reached at global level, and the European Union is determined to move forward on its own, compensatory taxes should be imposed at the Union's border.

To compensate authors, the law establishes a compensatory tax associated with certain recording media (CDs, DVDs, cassettes), managed through societies of authors and editors (as SGAE and CEDRO).

Oregon tried to provide an economic justification for the surcharge, calling it a compensatory tax intended to force shippers of out-of-state waste to pay their "fair share" of costs that in-state shippers pay through the state income tax and other taxes.