Examples of income tax in a Sentence
Federal income tax will be deducted from your pay.
The new law will lower income taxes for most taxpayers.
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Pennsylvania didn’t adopt its income tax until 1971.
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Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
The General Assembly and Lamont ordered in 2023 the state’s first income tax rate reduction since the mid-1990s, which has returned about $300 per year to middle-class households.
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 24 Jan. 2026
Federal income tax provided a much larger financial base for projects like Dwight Eisenhower’s Interstate Highway System than tariffs could.
—Walter Russell Mead, The Atlantic, 24 Jan. 2026
Instead, the governor backs the state’s progressive tax structure, where the more one earns, the higher their income tax rate is.
—Linh Tat, Daily News, 23 Jan. 2026
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Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
The General Assembly and Lamont ordered in 2023 the state’s first income tax rate reduction since the mid-1990s, which has returned about $300 per year to middle-class households.
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 24 Jan. 2026
Federal income tax provided a much larger financial base for projects like Dwight Eisenhower’s Interstate Highway System than tariffs could.
—Walter Russell Mead, The Atlantic, 24 Jan. 2026
Instead, the governor backs the state’s progressive tax structure, where the more one earns, the higher their income tax rate is.
—Linh Tat, Daily News, 23 Jan. 2026
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“Income tax.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/income%20tax. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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