How to Use sales tax in a Sentence

sales tax

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  • On that day, the 4% sales tax rate on groceries will go down to 3%.
    — William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 1 Sep. 2023
  • The city will pay for the bonds by extending a 1-cent sales tax.
    — Mike Jones, Arkansas Online, 12 July 2023
  • The city does have two sales tax programs that are due to expire in the next year.
    — Kerria Weaver, The Arizona Republic, 9 July 2024
  • The deficits could also mean raising the city's sales tax rate, which sits at 2.3%.
    — Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 29 Feb. 2024
  • If passed, the sales tax would raise roughly $1 billion over the next 30 years for parks and arts.
    — Mark Arax, New York Times, 1 June 2023
  • Buyers must pay sales tax on the whole piece of clothing.
    — Sean McDonnell, cleveland, 1 Aug. 2022
  • The most recent was Measure M, the half-cent sales tax hike that was approved in 2016.
    — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Most cities in San Diego County have a sales tax rate of 7.75 percent.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2023
  • The sales tax on a pack of cigarettes will increase by $1.25, to $5 per pack.
    — Katie Shepherd, Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2024
  • The sales tax rate will drop in South Dakota and New Mexico.
    — Geoff Mulvihill and David A. Lieb, BostonGlobe.com, 1 July 2023
  • In Olympia, a small addition to the sales tax is keeping the buses free.
    — Tom Condon, Hartford Courant, 17 July 2022
  • The state's sales tax revenue gains in June were broad-based compared to a year ago, said Shelnutt.
    — Michael R. Wickline, Arkansas Online, 6 July 2023
  • In contrast, the top 20% only see their income lowered 1.5% by the sales tax.
    — Dallas News, 30 Jan. 2023
  • But much of the other half of the funding will come from local sales tax revenues.
    — Daniel Borenstein, The Mercury News, 11 May 2024
  • That’s the year voters approved the Measure U sales tax increase.
    — Theresa Clift, Sacramento Bee, 2 Feb. 2024
  • And our session in Michigan added a 6 percent sales tax, which of course varies by state.
    — Joey Capparella, Car and Driver, 18 Aug. 2022
  • The sale of delta 8 products is subject to state sales tax, which has contributed to the state's revenue.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 8 Sep. 2023
  • If passed, the bill would impose a use and sales tax on the retail sale of ammunition.
    — Louis Casiano, Fox News, 12 Jan. 2024
  • That is in addition to a 9% state sales tax and any local sales taxes that get tacked on.
    — Jonathan Turley, WSJ, 23 Sep. 2022
  • Those include state sales tax, a tax that goes to the city where the dispensary is located and a tax based on the THC level in the cannabis.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 16 Feb. 2023
  • On top of that, the county does not expect new growth in the 2025 sales tax budget, according to the letter.
    — Tim Clouser | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 19 June 2024
  • The state sales tax on gasoline will rise slightly starting Aug. 1 even though pump prices have dropped more than 11% from a month ago.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 20 July 2022
  • One bright spot in Connecticut’s tax structure is its sales tax, which ranked in the middle of all states, at 23rd.
    — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 11 July 2024
  • Williams added that the 13 member cities pay $.01 of their sales tax into the DART system, but don’t know what is spent in each member city.
    — Myah Taylor, Dallas News, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Imagine that — a 23 percent retail sales tax that makes prices go down.
    — Robert Goulder, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Local sales tax may still apply, though most cities and counties have waived those as well.
    — Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 14 July 2022
  • The bill tries to dodge this with a provision that would end the sales tax in seven years unless the 16th Amendment is repealed.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 20 Jan. 2023
  • Some Lemon Grove leaders feel there’s an answer: Get a local sales tax.
    — Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 July 2023
  • Voters must decide whether to approve Measure N and who should manage city finances with or without the additional sales tax revenue.
    — East Bay Times Editorial, The Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2024
  • Given that tariffs are paid by U.S. importers and those costs have historically been passed on to consumers, Trump’s strategy appears to be based around a notion of replacing income tax revenue with a kind of invisible sales tax.
    — Rebecca Picciotto, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2024

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