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Recent Examples of flat tax
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.
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Taylor Millard, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 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
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
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
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Taylor Millard, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 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
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
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flat tax
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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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Once approved, residents are subject to Spain’s worldwide tax system and potential inheritance tax.—
Jessica Coacci,
Fortune,
18 Sep. 2025
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The Gem State doesn’t have gift or inheritance taxes, and its estate tax for deaths expired in 2004, according to the Idaho State Tax Commission.—
Idaho Statesman,
Idaho Statesman,
13 Oct. 2025
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Estate, Adoption and Child Care Benefits Expanded Estate planning also sees a significant change, with the federal estate tax exclusion climbing to $15 million for those who die in 2026, up from $13,990,000 the year before.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 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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Then there’s all the other stuff, including California taxes (Tennessee has no state income tax) and the cost of living in the San Francisco Bay Area.—
Andrew Baggarly,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025
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People receiving a state income tax refund have the amount of their delinquent parking citations deducted from their refund.—
Anna Kleiber,
jsonline.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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For homeowners in the county, that would come on top of property tax levies that are based on assessed value.—
Mercury News Editorial,
Mercury News,
19 Oct. 2025
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In recent years, some Wyandotte residents have tried to get the government to delay or cancel its tax sales, which usually happen twice a year, to prevent people who have struggled to pay sky-rocketing property tax bills from losing their family homes.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
18 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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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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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 22 Oct. 2025.
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