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Recent Examples of poll tax
But a Venezuelan passport costs more than $300, a price that amounts to a poll tax because few migrants can afford them.
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John Otis, NPR, 16 Apr. 2024
In a state where Republicans pass tougher and tougher voting restrictions every legislative session, the Alabama Democratic Party has responded by enacting its own sort of poll tax.
—Kyle Whitmire, al, 6 May 2023
Philosopher Henry David Thoreau penned his celebrated civil disobedience essay after being jailed for not paying a poll tax that funded the war.
—Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 4 Feb. 2023
Voting rights advocates characterized the Florida proposal as essentially a poll tax that would disenfranchise people of color and people living in poverty.
—Molly Beck, Journal Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2023
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John Otis, NPR, 16 Apr. 2024
In a state where Republicans pass tougher and tougher voting restrictions every legislative session, the Alabama Democratic Party has responded by enacting its own sort of poll tax.
—Kyle Whitmire, al, 6 May 2023
Philosopher Henry David Thoreau penned his celebrated civil disobedience essay after being jailed for not paying a poll tax that funded the war.
—Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 4 Feb. 2023
Voting rights advocates characterized the Florida proposal as essentially a poll tax that would disenfranchise people of color and people living in poverty.
—Molly Beck, Journal Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for poll tax
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This notion leads many professional athletes to live in states that do not levy an income tax.—
Nathan Goldman,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2025
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This extra pay is currently subject to federal income tax.—
Kate Plummer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 June 2025
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Also, more than half of the homes were taken following an initial property tax debt of $1,600 or less.—
Willie Wilson,
Chicago Tribune,
5 June 2025
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The addition of the property tax language kicked off hours of back-and-forth political maneuvering.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
5 June 2025
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Installment sale tax treatment allows sellers to recognize capital gains incrementally over time rather than in a single tax year.—
Shane Styne,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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The payments sent back $250 to single tax filers and $375 to head-of-household filers.—
Chris McKenna,
USA TODAY,
10 Dec. 2024
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The plan would also include a sales tax exemption for construction materials.—
Alecia Taylor,
Kansas City Star,
6 June 2025
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Cupertino had cut close to $30 million over the past two fiscal years in order to compensate for a decline in its sales tax revenue.—
Stephanie Lam,
Mercury News,
4 June 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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Import taxes on movies may look in some way like some sort of withholding tax on royalties, for example.—
Tax Notes Staff,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
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Zhao points to instances where companies have threatened governments or regions with economic consequences, such as withholding tax revenue, if regulations are imposed.—
Hessie Jones,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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The rare consensus came as Congress faces the need to raise the country's debt limit again, a hurdle to approving an 1,100-page package of Trump's priorities for tax cuts and border security.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
5 June 2025
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The cap could rise somewhere below the $40,000 threshold but still higher than the $10,000 set in Trump’s 2017 tax law, though the exact number is still under discussion.—
David Sivak,
The Washington Examiner,
5 June 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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Signal Cleveland reports Council President Blaine Griffin and County Executive Chris Ronayne are in talks to raise the sin tax, which would require a change to state law.—
Sam Allard,
Axios,
5 Dec. 2024
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“Poll tax.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poll%20tax. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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