sales tax
noun
: a tax levied on the sale of goods and services that is usually calculated as a percentage of the purchase price and collected by the seller
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Increasing a countywide sales tax on gasoline to five cents per gallon from three cents per gallon to raise money for transportation and transit.
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Miami Herald, 11 July 2025
Residents also enjoy good incomes while paying relatively low property and sales tax bills—all factors that researchers used to measure affordability.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 July 2025
The Broncos' current home, Empower Field at Mile High, was originally built as Invesco Field in 2001 after the team's late former owner, Pat Bowlen, launched a massive public campaign to approve a sales tax increase.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 9 July 2025
In 1949, Japan threw out its national sales tax, and kept the income tax.
—Nathan Lewis, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
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Miami Herald, 11 July 2025
Residents also enjoy good incomes while paying relatively low property and sales tax bills—all factors that researchers used to measure affordability.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 July 2025
The Broncos' current home, Empower Field at Mile High, was originally built as Invesco Field in 2001 after the team's late former owner, Pat Bowlen, launched a massive public campaign to approve a sales tax increase.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 9 July 2025
In 1949, Japan threw out its national sales tax, and kept the income tax.
—Nathan Lewis, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for sales tax
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“Sales tax.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sales%20tax. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.
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