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Recent Examples of sales tax
But Del Mar’s Measure Q sales tax, which was supposed to fund undergrounding, will not be able to keep pace with the rising costs of the project.
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Luke Harold, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Feb. 2025
Other incentives include, refunds on the state occupancy tax on hotel rooms occupied for more than 30 consecutive days, fuel tax refunds and sales tax exemptions.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
Democratic lawmakers in the U.S. have accused Trump of effectively pursuing a national sales tax that will increase the cost of living.
—Francesca Chambers, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2025
Fireworks aren’t the only item the council is using from the $74.5 million in Apple sales tax.
—Stephanie Lam, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2025
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Luke Harold, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Feb. 2025
Other incentives include, refunds on the state occupancy tax on hotel rooms occupied for more than 30 consecutive days, fuel tax refunds and sales tax exemptions.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
Democratic lawmakers in the U.S. have accused Trump of effectively pursuing a national sales tax that will increase the cost of living.
—Francesca Chambers, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2025
Fireworks aren’t the only item the council is using from the $74.5 million in Apple sales tax.
—Stephanie Lam, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sales tax
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Residents of these remote villages rely on VITA to prepare free income tax returns.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes,
7 Feb. 2025
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The move was part of an overhaul aimed at eventually phasing out the state's individual income tax altogether which also extended the state sales tax to more services.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
7 Feb. 2025
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Prior to council tax, there was poll tax which was so wildly unpopular, people began rioting across England.—
Tanyel Mustafa,
refinery29.com,
12 Jan. 2024
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But a Venezuelan passport costs more than $300, a price that amounts to a poll tax because few migrants can afford them.—
John Otis,
NPR,
16 Apr. 2024
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The payments sent back $250 to single tax filers and $375 to head-of-household filers.—
Chris McKenna,
USA TODAY,
10 Dec. 2024
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This strategy, involves clustering donations in a single tax year to surpass the standard deduction and make itemizing worthwhile.—
James Brewer,
Forbes,
26 Nov. 2024
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But there has to be a better way to do this and part of that is reforming New York City’s very kooky property tax structure, where Con Ed pays more to City Hall than anyone else and then has to charge higher fees to customers.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
15 Feb. 2025
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On the business front, Maybank wrote, there could be more rebates for corporate tax, as well as rebates on property tax for commercial properties.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
14 Feb. 2025
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Lord De La Warr paid $179,255 for it (including buyer’s premium and value-added tax) after it was originally estimated to go for between $54,000 and $81,000 by Summers Place Auctions.—
Téa Kvetenadze,
Forbes,
7 Oct. 2021
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The various Indian state governments earn a big portion of their revenue from excise and value-added tax on alcoholic drinks.—
Mimansa Verma,
Quartz,
10 Nov. 2022
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Under an amendment to the federal law effective Jan. 3, the social security withholding tax of 5.85 percent is being levied against the first $13,200 of salaries and wages.—
Bernice Hoffman,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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Under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), Washington requires foreign financial institutions to disclose their American clients’ financial information to the U.S. Treasury and imposes a 30 percent withholding tax on certain payments to foreign financial institutions that don’t comply.—
Nicholas Shaxson,
Foreign Affairs,
13 Feb. 2018
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Between the lines: The Senate has historically opposed raising the tax while the House has been more supportive.—
Arika Herron,
Axios,
17 Feb. 2025
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Since just about the Stone Age — say, the 1990s — Republicans have called for replacing the income tax with a consumption tax, for defunding USAID, for abolishing the Department of Education, and for reforming Social Security.—
Amity Shlaes,
National Review,
17 Feb. 2025
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The teams' leases stipulate the public is responsible for repair costs, but the lone funding source — the county sin tax on cigarettes and alcohol — is no longer sufficient to cover their demands.—
Sam Allard,
Axios,
5 Dec. 2024
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Signal Cleveland reports Council President Blaine Griffin and County Executive Chris Ronayne are in talks to raise the sin tax, which would require a change to state law.—
Sam Allard,
Axios,
5 Dec. 2024
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