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property tax

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Recent Examples of property tax Homeowners were hit this year with a 13% property tax increase, and the mayor’s office hasn’t responded to a Herald inquiry about how the latest cost hike would impact residential tax bills. — Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 7 Nov. 2026 Proponents argued that lowering property tax bills would provide relief as higher inflation worsens the cost of living. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 7 Nov. 2026 District 214 Taxpayers in the Northwest suburbs appear willing to support a property tax increase to fund school renovations in the state’s second-largest high school district. — Chicago Tribune, 5 Nov. 2026 All public school educators receive supplemental pay through the property tax, but exactly how much depends on their years spent teaching. — Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 4 Nov. 2026 See All Example Sentences for property tax

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California's budget relies heavily on the income tax of the state's richest residents.

— SOPHIE AUSTIN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Arkansas Online, 4 Nov. 2026
The income tax cap comes amid widespread concern among voters about the cost of living.

— Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of income tax

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Once Vasquez applies for funding, the Missouri department will determine the state’s contribution based on the amount of withholding tax, sales tax and athlete and entertainer tax revenues generated by the team last year, a Kehoe spokesperson previously told The Star.

— Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 10 June 2026
The incentives include sales and use tax refunds, qualifying investment tax credits and withholding tax credits.

— Max Rego, The Hill, 12 Feb. 2026

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Along with Evers and legislative Republicans, he was involved in the push for a bipartisan bill to allow the city of Milwaukee and Milwaukee County to raise their sales tax rates and earn more revenue for their respective governments.

— Maayan Silver, NPR, 4 Nov. 2026
The organization raised concerns that this would be the third sales tax hike since 2024, costing an average of $86 per person and $345 for a family of four in additional sales taxes each year.

— Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of sales tax

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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
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 money behind the measures Support for Proposition 40 has totaled to nearly $35 million, mostly from the Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West, the healthcare workers union that proposed the tax.

— Vanessa Martínez, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2026
The real question is whether Colorado can demand that schools that accept public tax dollars not discriminate against gay students and parents.

— Megan Schrader, Denver Post, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of tax

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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
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

Definition of sin tax

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His tariffs and, in particular, go-it-alone war with Iran stoked inflation and sent the cost of gas, diesel, groceries and fertilizer soaring.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026
Cars, previously among the biggest beneficiaries, have their own 25% tariff problem.

— Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 4 Nov. 2026

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