How to Use property tax in a Sentence

property tax

noun
  • The House is scheduled to vote on the property tax bills Thursday.
    Philip Jankowski, Dallas News, 12 July 2023
  • Dallas’ property tax rate is among the highest of major cities in the state.
    Dallas News, 28 Sep. 2022
  • The appraisals will affect 2024 property tax bills that go out later in the year.
    Bill Lukitsch, Kansas City Star, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Eddie had to get a payment plan to pay his property tax bill this year.
    Haeven Gibbons, Dallas News, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Google is getting something new in the mail this fall: a big Oregon property tax bill.
    oregonlive, 8 Nov. 2022
  • In Wisconsin, the personal property tax makes up a very small part of the state's revenue.
    Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 26 June 2023
  • The result meant that those hospitals are now back on property tax rolls.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2024
  • Tax-shifting ahead To be sure, the bedrock of most municipal finance is the property tax.
    Joseph Mysak Jr., Fortune, 10 Feb. 2024
  • Other states — such as New York — offered tax relief in the form of property tax or child care rebates.
    Susan Tompor, USA TODAY, 9 Feb. 2023
  • As Chicagoans face down a holiday deadline to pay their property tax bills, Ald.
    Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 15 Dec. 2022
  • And Texas voters approved a property tax cut for some day care centers.
    Moriah Balingit, Quartz, 8 Feb. 2024
  • At the same time, Potter voted against her district's 40.7-mill property tax rate that was on her ballot.
    Cynthia Howell, arkansasonline.com, 4 Dec. 2023
  • And at least a dozen states are considering property tax cuts.
    Byalicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 14 Feb. 2023
  • The state ranks in the bottom ten for property tax (No. 41) and unemployment insurance tax (No. 49).
    Alexa Gagosz, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Jan. 2023
  • Find property tax rates in your community, and see trends since 2010.
    Zachary Smith, cleveland, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Costin claimed such a setup might funnel $220 million worth of property tax revenue to the Bears over a ten-year period.
    Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 29 Sep. 2022
  • Last week, a Georgia judge rejected an agreement that would have provided a huge property tax break to build the plant.
    Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2022
  • Not coincidentally, the amount is the same that GOP leaders earmarked from the start of this year’s session for school property tax cuts.
    Dallas News, 15 Mar. 2023
  • This year, in a nod to the struggles of school districts, lawmakers passed a property tax bill that allocated funds for districts to pay off bonds and levies.
    Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Proposition 441 would fund these improvements to the city services through the city’s secondary property tax.
    Lacey Latch, The Arizona Republic, 12 Oct. 2022
  • This bill was part of Gov. Greg Abbott’s grand $18 billion tax cut for Texas property owners, which was the largest property tax cut bill in the state’s history.
    Sydney Lake, Fortune, 5 Feb. 2024
  • The property tax break is a key part of the $1.2 billion in tax breaks and incentives that Georgia and local officials offered for Rivian to build a plant in the state.
    Jeff Amy, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2022
  • The city of De Soto added another $200 million in local property tax breaks.
    Sarah Ritter, Kansas City Star, 7 Mar. 2024
  • The rationale for this tax treatment is that owners of valuable buildings are better able to pay big property tax bills.
    Konrad Putzier, WSJ, 22 Nov. 2022
  • Learn more about property tax assessments and millage rates here.
    al, 13 Feb. 2023
  • There are 69 entities in Bexar County that can collect money from you through your property tax bill.
    Wesley Ratko, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Feb. 2023
  • According to city records, the parcel is valued for property tax purposes at $2.45 million, most of which, $2 million, is the land.
    Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 8 July 2023
  • Homeowners in the 1970s faced ever-higher property tax assessments due to a sharp run-up in home values.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2024
  • The jail is free to use for all agencies in Yavapai County, other than tribal law enforcement, who do not pay the county property tax.
    Lacey Latch, The Arizona Republic, 22 June 2023
  • Patrick was highly critical of Abbott using his veto power to try and get the Senate to agree on its property tax plan.
    Aarón Torres, Dallas News, 21 June 2023

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