How to Use sales tax in a Sentence

sales tax

noun

• On that day, the 4% sales tax rate on groceries will go down to 3%.
  — William Thornton | [e-mail], al, 1 Sep. 2023
• The city will pay for the bonds by extending a 1-cent sales tax.
  — Mike Jones, Arkansas Online, 12 July 2023
• All states were strapped for revenue, and the sales tax seemed like a good way to close the gap.
  — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 9 July 2021
• It’s the corporate tax, the sales tax is one of the highest in the country.
  — John Myers, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2021
• The city does have two sales tax programs that are due to expire in the next year.
  — Kerria Weaver, The Arizona Republic, 9 July 2024
• The deficits could also mean raising the city's sales tax rate, which sits at 2.3%.
  — Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 29 Feb. 2024
• If passed, the sales tax would raise roughly $1 billion over the next 30 years for parks and arts.
  — Mark Arax, New York Times, 1 June 2023
• The only change that would have to be made is the addition of sales tax to the costs, Price said.
  — Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2021
• Buyers must pay sales tax on the whole piece of clothing.
  — Sean McDonnell, cleveland, 1 Aug. 2022
• The most recent was Measure M, the half-cent sales tax hike that was approved in 2016.
  — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2023
• Most cities in San Diego County have a sales tax rate of 7.75 percent.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2023
• The sales tax on a pack of cigarettes will increase by $1.25, to $5 per pack.
  — Katie Shepherd, Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2024
• There’s a 12% sales tax on tractors and trailers, a weight tax for heavy trucks and a tax on large tires.
  — David Harrison, WSJ, 26 Jan. 2022
• The sales tax rate will drop in South Dakota and New Mexico.
  — Geoff Mulvihill and David A. Lieb, BostonGlobe.com, 1 July 2023
• Much of the new total comes from a steady stream of sales tax, according to the report.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2022
• Chao added that the city missed out on the chance to acquire $77 millions in sales tax dollars from The Rise last year.
  — Stephanie Lam, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2025
• In Olympia, a small addition to the sales tax is keeping the buses free.
  — Tom Condon, Hartford Courant, 17 July 2022
• Some items that are free of state sales tax include belts, boots, jackets and jeans.
  — Ruth Serven Smith | [e-mail], al, 15 July 2021
• Each payment is equal to 30% of the sales tax revenue generated to the city by the project.
  — Noel Oman, Arkansas Online, 5 May 2022
• The state's sales tax revenue gains in June were broad-based compared to a year ago, said Shelnutt.
  — Michael R. Wickline, Arkansas Online, 6 July 2023
• The city’s 3% portion of its overall 10% sales tax rate is subject to the rebate.
  — al, 5 Feb. 2022
• In contrast, the top 20% only see their income lowered 1.5% by the sales tax.
  — Dallas News, 30 Jan. 2023
• But much of the other half of the funding will come from local sales tax revenues.
  — Daniel Borenstein, The Mercury News, 11 May 2024
• Tickets range from $15 to $45, plus sales tax and fees, and must be purchased in advance.
  — Elaine Rewolinski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 July 2021
• The plan outlines which projects a potential 1-cent sales tax would pay for.
  — Laura Barrero, Axios, 9 Dec. 2024
• The company also covers the sales tax for tampons in the states that charge it.
  — Jenae Barnes, Forbes, 25 June 2022
• That’s the year voters approved the Measure U sales tax increase.
  — Theresa Clift, Sacramento Bee, 2 Feb. 2024
• And our session in Michigan added a 6 percent sales tax, which of course varies by state.
  — Joey Capparella, Car and Driver, 18 Aug. 2022
• Charlene Wang held 50% of first-place votes in the race to fill a vacancy on the Oakland City Council, while the early returns on election night showed voters favoring by 64% a sales tax measure that could help ease the city’s financial crisis.
  — Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2025
• While tourism remains low and office vacancy rates are still high, some economic indicators, such as sales tax revenue and population flows, could show the city is making some progress.
  — Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 14 Apr. 2025