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Recent Examples of flat tax
Colorado is one of 15 states with a flat tax, while 27 others plus the District of Columbia tax higher-income residents at a higher rate than lower-income residents pay.
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Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 3 Sep. 2025
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
Levine Cava’s budget is based on flat tax rates, but commissioners could have voted to mandate a reduction by setting a lower cap on rates.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 17 July 2025
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Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 3 Sep. 2025
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
Levine Cava’s budget is based on flat tax rates, but commissioners could have voted to mandate a reduction by setting a lower cap on rates.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 17 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flat tax
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Texas does not have these types of taxes, though there is a federal estate tax and there used to be a state inheritance tax that was eliminated in 2015.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 Oct. 2025
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Okamura added that inheritance tax rules have forced founding families to sell stakes, which has boosted market liquidity.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
23 Sep. 2025
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Democrats have long argued that the estate tax helps curb intergenerational wealth concentration and had pushed to cut the exemption in half.—
Scott Neuman,
NPR,
5 Nov. 2025
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Reynolds, the former Putnam Investments CEO, cited the combination of the millionaire’s tax and the Massachusetts estate tax.—
Fortune,
Fortune,
21 Oct. 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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Earnings before income tax, or EBIT, also collapsed, with both adjusted and reported EBIT falling by more than 80 percent.—
Cathrin Schaer,
Footwear News,
30 Oct. 2025
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By contacting, a low income tax clinic a taxpayer can receive help in resolving the problem in a few ways.—
Susan Tompor,
Freep.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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Renters may speak about their rent or their children’s ability to rent or buy, while homeowners might want to talk about their property tax bill.—
Idaho Statesman,
Idaho Statesman,
2 Nov. 2025
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Ciattarelli, a businessman and former state representative, has zeroed in on taxes -- vowing to reduce the state's personal and corporate tax rates, and expanding a property tax freeze for seniors in the high-tax state.—
Benjamin Siegel,
ABC News,
2 Nov. 2025
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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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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
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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 8 Nov. 2025.
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