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Recent Examples of flat tax
West Virginia lawmakers are in the process of phasing out their income tax, while North Carolina's flat tax fell from 4.25% to 3.99% in January.
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Robert Frank, CNBC, 30 Jan. 2026
Despite the flat tax amount doubling in 2024, the tax incentive continues to allure wealthy investors.
—Priya Prakash Royal Esq. Ll.m. Mba Aep Tep, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
To pay for the spending, Pritzker pushed for billions of dollars in new taxes, including changing the state’s flat tax to a multirate tax.
—Taylor Millard, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2025
Lega has proposed a flat tax to replace the existing progressive income tax and a pension reform that would give every Italian access to a full pension after 41 years of employment.
—Erik Jones, Foreign Affairs, 21 Sep. 2022
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Robert Frank, CNBC, 30 Jan. 2026
Despite the flat tax amount doubling in 2024, the tax incentive continues to allure wealthy investors.
—Priya Prakash Royal Esq. Ll.m. Mba Aep Tep, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
To pay for the spending, Pritzker pushed for billions of dollars in new taxes, including changing the state’s flat tax to a multirate tax.
—Taylor Millard, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2025
Lega has proposed a flat tax to replace the existing progressive income tax and a pension reform that would give every Italian access to a full pension after 41 years of employment.
—Erik Jones, Foreign Affairs, 21 Sep. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flat tax
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Antigua and Barbuda also offers tax advantages, with no personal income tax, capital gains tax or inheritance tax — and citizenship is granted for life.—
Ashley J. DiMella,
FOXNews.com,
9 Jan. 2026
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Plus, New Zealand has a competitive tax structure for expats—there is no capital gains, wealth or inheritance tax.—
Alex Ledsom,
Forbes.com,
1 Jan. 2026
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Tax benefits are limited Because the lifetime gift/estate tax exclusion amount is currently so high, avoiding estate tax shouldn’t be a major motivation for most people to gift assets to individuals during their lifetimes—at least for now.—
Christine Benz,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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The president has passed several laws and provisions to benefit the super wealthy since taking office, including an act to increase the estate tax exemption and cutting international business taxes.—
Mary Whitfill Roeloffs,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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The big revenue generators — like eliminating the death tax and selling federal land — have hung around town for a while.—
Abby McCloskey,
Twin Cities,
30 Jan. 2026
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The loss limit for pass-through businesses is also permanent and the death tax exemption ($15 million for individuals and $30 million for married couples) is now permanent, and the pre-2022 limit on interest expense deductions is restored.—
Rhett Buttle,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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The number of tax filers with no federal income tax would increase from 37 million under current law to 66 million under Van Hollen's proposal, according to Steve Wamhoff, director of federal tax policy at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a left-leaning think tank.—
JEFF STEIN THE WASHINGTON POST,
Arkansas Online,
6 Mar. 2026
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The loss of the IEEPA tariffs is a massive blow to the administration’s hopes of tariff revenue not just paying down the nearly $39 trillion national debt, but being used to give rebates to Americans and replace income tax.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
6 Mar. 2026
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Revisiting a hasty property tax reform House Bill 389 emerged in the waning days of the 2021 legislative session, already the longest in Idaho history.—
Mark Dee
March 6,
Idaho Statesman,
7 Mar. 2026
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During the city budgeting process four years ago, the Olathe City Council began to investigate what a property tax rebate program could look like for residents.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
6 Mar. 2026
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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
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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
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Proponents of the ballot initiative argue that Silicon Valley’s unmatched ecosystem of founders, investors, and talent is so alluring that no single tax would cause current and would-be billionaires to relocate.—
Rogé Karma,
The Atlantic,
28 Jan. 2026
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For instance, will the severance land in a single tax year and push your household into a higher bracket?—
Steve Hruby,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
10 Nov. 2025
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“Flat tax.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flat%20tax. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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