direct tax

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Recent Examples of direct tax The other thing that will happen, that is a direct tax cut for consumers. Nbc News, NBC news, 18 May 2025 Once the district is complete, Foltz projects the city of Anaheim will receive $10 million annually in direct tax revenue, primarily from resort-fee-style taxes on hotel room stays, although the hotels are not expected to be completed until late 2028 or beyond. Matt Craig, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025 Until then, replacing a direct tax with an invisible one only makes accountability harder and does little to make prosperity easier. Andrew Leahey, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025 Twenty states have tax-credit scholarships, 16 have Education Savings Accounts, 10 plus the District of Columbia have vouchers, five have direct tax credits and two have tax-credit educations savings accounts, per the analysis by Education Week. Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for direct tax
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Noun
  • Please consult with your own personal tax attorney for tax counsel.
    Luke Britt, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
  • Senate Bill 684 was introduced earlier this year and contained a provision to limit the use of the state’s personal tax credit for educational choice to private schools accredited by accreditors approved by the state board of education.
    Michael McShane, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
Noun
  • Up to 85 percent of Social Security benefits are subject to income tax for single filers making at least $34,000 or joint filers making $44,000 or more.
    Howard Gleckman, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
  • The Tax Policy Center found that most middle-income earners would pay an additional $1,380 in federal income tax in 2026 if the cuts were not extended.
    David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • But teams coming off a third consecutive season in the play-in tournament have justified reason not to remain a tax team.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2025
  • Both projects will be supported in part by $2.7 million tax incremental financing district, which the village's Joint Review Board approved in May 2025.
    Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 16 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The employees are responsible for processing and accounting for county revenue and assisting the public in paying and assessing property tax bills.
    Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
  • How much is the average Fort Worth property tax bill?
    Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • In this example, $15,000 of MAGI exceeds the $75,000 threshold for a single tax filer.
    Susan Tompor, USA Today, 21 July 2025
  • In 2025, the standard premium is $185 a month for joint tax filers earning $212,000 a year or less ($106,000 or less for single tax filers).
    Steve Hruby, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • Equal Ground Action Fund Executive Director Genesis Robinson told Newsweek that forcing people to pay for documents equates to a poll tax.
    David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025
  • However, under the act, many people would have to pay to get copies of their documents, which could result in a pay-to-vote situation akin to a poll tax.
    William Lambers, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The excise tax on funders—with withholding tax enforcement on lawyers—was intended in part to curb litigation.
    Robert W. Wood, Forbes.com, 4 July 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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