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Recent Examples of property tax
Mayor Levine Cava’s budget proposal maintains property tax rates but includes modest increases in trash and water fees.
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Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 23 Sep. 2025
At the same time that JCPS received those funds, the district also received a lump sum of nearly $75 million that had been collected but saved in escrow while Kentucky's highest court decided whether or not JCPS' property tax increase two years prior was valid.
—Krista Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 23 Sep. 2025
Because nationwide, property tax collections went up nearly 7% last year, easily outstripping inflation.
—Stephen Moore, Boston Herald, 19 Sep. 2025
Hawaii also has high home values, but property tax bills stay relatively low because the state relies more on a general excise tax to fund government services.
—Mike Winters, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2025
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Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 23 Sep. 2025
At the same time that JCPS received those funds, the district also received a lump sum of nearly $75 million that had been collected but saved in escrow while Kentucky's highest court decided whether or not JCPS' property tax increase two years prior was valid.
—Krista Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 23 Sep. 2025
Because nationwide, property tax collections went up nearly 7% last year, easily outstripping inflation.
—Stephen Moore, Boston Herald, 19 Sep. 2025
Hawaii also has high home values, but property tax bills stay relatively low because the state relies more on a general excise tax to fund government services.
—Mike Winters, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for property tax
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The plan also draws on redirecting corporate income tax revenues and removing the 6% sales tax from fuel sales to allow for a 20-cent-per-gallon hike in the fuel tax, while leaving the price paid at the pump about the same.—
Paul Egan,
Freep.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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From 2019 to 2022, income tax revenue collected from downtown residents increased 38% to more than $40 million.—
Jordan Smith,
IndyStar,
26 Sep. 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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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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Non-qualified earnings face the 30% withholding tax for NRAs, plus a 10% penalty if under 59½, unless an exception applies.—
Virginia La Torre Jeker,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 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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Santa Clara County’s Measure A has the support of likely voters who appear to favor a sales tax increase on the November ballot to fund the county’s health care system, a new poll commissioned by a local nonprofit shows.—
Grace Hase,
Mercury News,
26 Sep. 2025
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Though there has been general agreement that every penny of tax paid at the gas pump should go to roads — sales tax does not — attempts to remove the sales tax have been stymied by concerns about reduced revenues for schools and local governments, which sales tax revenues support.—
Paul Egan,
Freep.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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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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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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That amount counts against the salary cap and luxury tax as dead money.—
Grant Afseth,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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The homes are also tax-abated and surrounded by landscaped green spaces, pocket parks, and a row of 30 car condos available to purchase for $375,000-$575,000 per unit.—
Randy Tucker,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
24 Sep. 2025
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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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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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“Property tax.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/property%20tax. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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