direct tax

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Recent Examples of direct tax 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 The bill would direct tax revenue generated at the ballpark to the team for stadium repairs, similar to the agreement with the Arizona Cardinals at State Farm Stadium. Stacey Barchenger, AZCentral.com, 8 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for direct tax
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Noun
  • Other polling finds that frustration goes beyond personal tax obligations, with many believing that wealthy people and corporations are not paying their fair share, while others worry about government waste.
    Linley Sanders, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Help takes many forms in personal tax prep apps.
    Kathy Yakal, PC Magazine, 8 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • By 1918, progressive income tax rates touched 77%.
    Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Just after midnight on Thursday, the Missouri Senate passed a bill that supporters say could lead to the elimination of the state’s income tax, and grants lawmakers broad authority to raise sales taxes to replace it.
    Jack Harvel April 16, Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • One cobra strike and one business privilege tax were enough for one lifetime.
    John McPhee, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
  • The lack of disclosure comes as other states record mounting losses in tax revenue to data center subsidies.
    Kevin Hardy, Baltimore Sun, 20 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The ordinance, which failed to receive the votes necessary in order to move forward for adoption, would have allocated $500,000 from the Affordable Housing Fund for a one-year pilot to supply eligible households with a direct credit equal to 20% of their final property tax bill.
    Claire Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
  • In Oakland, California, voters approved a vacant property tax in 2018 which charges $3,000 to $6,000 annually on properties used less than 50 days a year.
    Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Aranda’s sixth-inning sac fly and Yandy Diaz’s eight-inning infield single tax Fried for two more runs.
    Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 12 Apr. 2026
  • The debt crisis is structural, rooted in decades of spending that outpaces revenue, and no single tax can undo that.
    Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 17 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Akbar had already incorporated Hindus into the Mughal military and administrative system and abolished the jizyah (a poll tax historically levied on non-Muslims under Islamic law) as part of a policy of inclusion.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Apr. 2026
  • In 1964: The 24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which prohibited both Congress and any of the states from imposing a poll tax or any other tax to vote in federal elections, was ratified.
    Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • In May, President Donald Trump's administration ended the pandemic-era pause on student loan payments, beginning to collect on defaulted debt through withholding tax refunds and other federal payments to borrowers.
    Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 7 Jan. 2026
  • In May, the Trump administration ended the pandemic-era pause on student loan payments, beginning to collect on defaulted debt by withholding tax refunds and other federal payments to borrowers.
    Annie Ma, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2026

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