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Recent Examples of single tax George advocated a land tax: a single tax on land values. Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 15 May 2024 These penalties may include situations such as not making a payment on a single tax return or missing a filing deadline. Sponsored Content, The Mercury News, 12 Mar. 2024 The Biden administration said the reversal would impact single tax filers earning more than $400,000 and married couples earning more than $450,00 per year. Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 11 Mar. 2024 Before the 2017 law, the standard deduction was just $6,500 for single tax filers and $13,000 for those who filed jointly. Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for single tax 
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Noun
  • Trump has suggested cutting the corporate tax rate and has floated some income tax cuts too.
    Li Zhou, Vox, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Without changes from Congress, the income tax brackets will revert to 10%, 15%, 25%, 28%, 33%, 35% and 39.6% after 2025.
    Kate Dore, CFP®, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • This increase is mainly due to higher property tax expenses.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
  • This would push more property tax bills in the area above $10,000 per year, with owners often passing the cost onto their tenants.
    Marc Joffe, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • Buena Park voters are supporting the city’s request to add a 1 cent sales tax to generate more local revenue by 74%.
    Heather McRea, Orange County Register, 6 Nov. 2024
  • The Tax Foundation includes five major taxes in its index: corporate tax, individual income tax, sales tax, property tax, and unemployment insurance tax.
    Adam A. Millsap, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • 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
  • Palestinian leaders say its ability to exercise effective governance has been effectively blocked by Israeli restrictions, which have included withholding tax revenues due under the Oslo accords.
    Ali Sawafta, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Feb. 2024
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • Among a litany of measures, including a major change to the government’s fiscal rules, Reeves is reported to be considering a sin tax raid.
    Sam Meredith, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2024
  • Separately, the Browns, who still have more than half of their $92 million sin tax allocation remaining, are likely to receive $3.4 million from the City of Cleveland for repairs, cleveland.com reported previously.
    Lucas Daprile, cleveland, 30 Aug. 2023
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  • The company maintains a tax holiday for a subsidiary in the APAC region, which contributed to a lower effective tax rate of 13.7% for the year.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 15 Nov. 2024
  • Last week, bond yields surged on expectations that President-elect Donald Trump’s plans to lower tax rates, increase tariffs and reduce regulation could ultimately lead to higher U.S. government debt and inflation, along with faster economic growth.
    Alex Veiga, The Denver Post, 15 Nov. 2024

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