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Noun
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Up to 85 percent of Social Security benefits are subject to income tax for single filers making at least $34,000 or joint filers making $44,000 or more.—
Howard Gleckman,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025 -
The Tax Policy Center found that most middle-income earners would pay an additional $1,380 in federal income tax in 2026 if the cuts were not extended.—
David Lightman,
Sacbee.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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In this example, $15,000 of MAGI exceeds the $75,000 threshold for a single tax filer.—
Susan Tompor,
USA Today,
21 July 2025
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In 2025, the standard premium is $185 a month for joint tax filers earning $212,000 a year or less ($106,000 or less for single tax filers).—
Steve Hruby,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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The employees are responsible for processing and accounting for county revenue and assisting the public in paying and assessing property tax bills.—
Joseph States,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Aug. 2025
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How much is the average Fort Worth property tax bill?—
Cody Copeland,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 Aug. 2025
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The money would come from Oceanside’s Measure X sales tax.—
Blake Nelson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Aug. 2025
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An additional liquor tax could bring in between $30 million and $90 million, according to the memo, while charging the sales tax rate on services like haircuts or accounting would net between $78 million and $305 million, but would require a state law change.—
A.D. Quig,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Aug. 2025
Noun
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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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The excise tax on funders—with withholding tax enforcement on lawyers—was intended in part to curb litigation.—
Robert W. Wood,
Forbes.com,
4 July 2025
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But her defiance drew a warning from Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador of potential consequences if legislators update the law to include penalties such as the state withholding tax money.—
Idaho Statesman,
Idaho Statesman,
6 July 2025
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Lord De La Warr paid $179,255 for it (including buyer’s premium and value-added tax) after it was originally estimated to go for between $54,000 and $81,000 by Summers Place Auctions.—
Téa Kvetenadze,
Forbes,
7 Oct. 2021
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The various Indian state governments earn a big portion of their revenue from excise and value-added tax on alcoholic drinks.—
Mimansa Verma,
Quartz,
10 Nov. 2022
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Those drops, while beneficial for the population, aren’t great for sin tax revenues that depend on those behaviors.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
12 July 2025
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The teams' leases stipulate the public is responsible for repair costs, but the lone funding source — the county sin tax on cigarettes and alcohol — is no longer sufficient to cover their demands.—
Sam Allard,
Axios,
5 Dec. 2024
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