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Recent Examples of flat tax
Despite the flat tax amount doubling in 2024, the tax incentive continues to allure wealthy investors.
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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
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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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
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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Florida has no estate or inheritance tax, and no income tax.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
30 Nov. 2025
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By eschewing salaries, lobbying Congress to gut the estate tax, and contriving elaborate writeoffs and work-arounds, the very rich have placed much of their wealth beyond the reach of the state.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
22 Dec. 2025
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The estate tax has many provisions to protect family farms and businesses.—
Ray Madoff,
The Conversation,
17 Dec. 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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Oklahoma income tax in Indian country In 2020, the Supreme Court ruled that the Muscogee (Creek) Reservation, which spans much of eastern Oklahoma, is Indian country.—
Zach Schonfeld,
The Hill,
12 Jan. 2026
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Among the policies that will be debated is the possible elimination of Georgia's income tax.—
Madeline Montgomery,
CBS News,
12 Jan. 2026
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Calvo said two additional campaign promises will be addressed Tuesday, including tackling the high cost of water service and pushing for property tax cuts for residents 65 and older.—
Ivan Taylor,
CBS News,
13 Jan. 2026
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The bond, which passed with 63% of the vote in a low-turnout election, is funded by a property tax increase, implemented incrementally in 2025, 2028 and 2029.—
Rebecca Noel,
Charlotte Observer,
12 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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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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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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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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“Flat tax.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flat%20tax. Accessed 14 Jan. 2026.
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