direct tax

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Recent Examples of direct tax But the new provision adds on to the deductions for equipment and R&D to ensure that there are no direct tax penalties on building new factories in America. Richard Stern, Boston Herald, 14 Sep. 2025 The intent is clear: generate billions of dollars in recurring revenue for the federal government, partly to address budget deficits and fund policy goals, all without direct tax hikes. Tim Bajarin, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025 Yet the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, judging by what the House of Representatives has passed and what the Senate is now considering, showers direct tax benefits much more on wealthy Americans than on poor or middle-class taxpayers. Laurent Belsie, Christian Science Monitor, 18 June 2025 The other thing that will happen, that is a direct tax cut for consumers. Nbc News, NBC news, 18 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for direct tax
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Noun
  • Kolfage is alleged to have used the funds to pay for home renovations, make payments on a boat, and purchase a luxury sports utility vehicle, cosmetic surgery and to pay off credit card debt and personal tax liabilities.
    Kevin G. Hall, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
  • However, at the time of exit, or scaling, when liquidity events occur, the investor or founder often faces an insurmountable personal tax liability with few channels to offset the liability.
    Priya Prakash Royal Esq. LL.M. MBA AEP TEP, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Hungary offers a number of incentives, including exempting women with four or more children from paying income tax, but is still struggling to coax people to have kids.
    Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The city’s biggest hook on the billionaire set is a personal income tax that is, practically speaking, optional.
    Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 6 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Trump himself has long torpedoed the very idea of a carbon tax.
    Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Bloomberg, who served three consecutive terms as mayor in the early 2000s, also pushed for steep tax hikes on the wealthy, and even proposed free transit in some places.
    Connor Greene, Time, 5 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • These stores would operate without rent or property tax obligations and aim to sell at wholesale prices, passing on savings to customers.
    Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Take the quiz here … WALLET RELIEF – These 10 states offer the biggest property tax savings for American homeowners.
    , FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • These interest rules apply if, in a single tax year, the related CFC payer incurs both interest expense that is eligible for the section 954(c)(6) exception (section 954(c)(6) interest expense) and other interest expense.
    Carrie Brandon Elliot, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Democrats have proposed reducing state tax deductions for people earning more than $300,000 to $1,000 for single tax return filers and $2,000 for joint filers, which is estimated would raise $95 million a year.
    Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Republicans meanwhile have pushed against expansion, especially by supporting voter ID laws, which can make voting more time consuming, and in some cases, may require people to pay fees to secure IDs (which critics liken to a poll tax).
    Time, Time, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Upon the basis of these findings, Congress declares that the constitutional right of citizens to vote is denied or abridged in some areas by the requirement of the payment of a poll tax as a precondition to voting.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Non-qualified earnings face the 30% withholding tax for NRAs, plus a 10% penalty if under 59½, unless an exception applies.
    Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
  • But her defiance drew a warning from Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador of potential consequences if legislators update the law to include penalties such as the state withholding tax money.
    Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 6 July 2025

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