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Recent Examples of flat tax
Since mid-2021, six states have revised their tax codes and adopted a flat tax.
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Rea S. Hederman Jr, National Review, 28 July 2025
Only Clermont and Tavares are proposing decreases in their property tax rates, while 20 cities and counties are proposing flat tax rates — including Orange, Osceola and Lake counties.
—Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 July 2025
Federal payroll tax — a flat tax split between employers and employees to fund Social Security and Medicare — will still apply to any earnings.
—Natalie Wu, CNBC, 9 July 2025
While Illinois is the outlier flat tax state among the top five population losers last year, South Carolina is the lone state with a progressive income tax among the five states that gained the most population through interstate migration in 2024.
—Patrick Gleason, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
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Rea S. Hederman Jr, National Review, 28 July 2025
Only Clermont and Tavares are proposing decreases in their property tax rates, while 20 cities and counties are proposing flat tax rates — including Orange, Osceola and Lake counties.
—Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 July 2025
Federal payroll tax — a flat tax split between employers and employees to fund Social Security and Medicare — will still apply to any earnings.
—Natalie Wu, CNBC, 9 July 2025
While Illinois is the outlier flat tax state among the top five population losers last year, South Carolina is the lone state with a progressive income tax among the five states that gained the most population through interstate migration in 2024.
—Patrick Gleason, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flat tax
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Florida has no estate or inheritance tax, and no income tax.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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At the heart of the potential flight are changes to the British tax system, from capital gains and inheritance tax to extra stamp duty rates.—
Ritika Gupta,
CNBC,
22 Aug. 2025
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For green card holders, Shkolnikov warned about worldwide estate tax exposure.—
Sergei Klebnikov,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Their analysis focused on individual and business tax provisions, excluding changes to the estate tax.—
Diana Leyva,
The Tennessean,
21 Aug. 2025
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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 claim is that the death tax imposes an unfair and costly tax on the transfer of property, land, and other assets from a decedent to his or her heirs and that can decimate small businesses and family farms.—
Martin Shenkman,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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In other words, the label matters not just for income tax, but for information returns, penalties and foreign reporting responsibilities as well.—
Virginia La Torre Jeker,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Companies also weigh the availability of skilled workers and hiring expenses shaped by housing costs and income tax rates.—
Tina Chen,
Mercury News,
12 Sep. 2025
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Miami-Dade’s fire union fought Levine Cava over her plan to stop using a countywide property tax to fund four Fire Rescue helicopters that land throughout Miami-Dade.—
Douglas Hanks,
Miami Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
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The prime minister has now lost two senior officials in a week, after his deputy, Angela Rayner, resigned Friday over her failure to pay enough property tax.—
Christian Edwards,
CNN Money,
11 Sep. 2025
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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
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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
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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
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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
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“Flat tax.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flat%20tax. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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