personal tax

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Recent Examples of personal tax This past weekend, an IRS employee affiliated with the Department of Government Efficiency requested access to an internal data system within the IRS that houses Americans' individual personal tax information. Aaron Navarro, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2025 However, routine pet expenses such as food and toys are still not deductible under personal tax returns. Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 1 Feb. 2025 Charitable Donation Tax Deductions Contributions to qualified charitable organizations are deductible, often at the business entity level (e.g., sole proprietors report this on personal tax returns). Tiffany Grant, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025 During her 2020 presidential campaign, Harris released 15 years of personal tax returns. Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for personal tax
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Noun
  • Twenty states have tax-credit scholarships, 16 have Education Savings Accounts, 10 plus the District of Columbia have vouchers, five have direct tax credits and two have tax-credit educations savings accounts, per the analysis by Education Week.
    Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
  • According to the Indian Ministry of Finance, direct tax revenues grew by roughly 14% to 18% year-over-year in the fiscal cycle immediately after the ban on the larger cash notes.
    Garth Friesen, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Gains realized on investments sold within a one-year holding period are classified as short-term capital gains, which are taxed at your ordinary income tax rate.
    True Tamplin, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
  • That way, the burden would fall on all Golden State taxpayers, not just Edison, PG&E and SDG&E customers — a much more equitable strategy, especially given California’s progressive income tax system, which requires higher earners to pay more.
    Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The Athletic’s Mark Carey recently introduced the ‘talisman tax’, which looks at the number of times a player had the last action within their team’s sequence of possession.
    Patrick Boyland, The Athletic, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Lutnick said that the federal government would counteract massive U.S. tax cuts by implementing tariffs on foreign nations and curbing overseas tax evasion.
    Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The property tax agreement says Chula Vista will continue to collect that revenue until LAFCO approves the annexation.
    David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Mar. 2025
  • By contrast, property tax increases for similar projects for schools require only 55% approval.
    Bill Fulton, The Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The payments sent back $250 to single tax filers and $375 to head-of-household filers.
    Chris McKenna, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Academics argue that while the government needs to find ways to raise money, that could come from taxing excess profits rather than a single tax that applies to all employers, big and small.
    Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 26 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • 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
  • Prior to council tax, there was poll tax which was so wildly unpopular, people began rioting across England.
    Tanyel Mustafa, refinery29.com, 12 Jan. 2024

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“Personal tax.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/personal%20tax. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.

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