property tax

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Recent Examples of property tax Republicans would increase an existing credit that offsets a portion of municipal property tax bills from $300 to $650 and broaden eligibility. Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 15 Apr. 2026 County officials also said Freidenrich’s management of the treasurer’s office led to delays in issuing refunds to schools, filing tax liens and cashing property tax checks, which resulted in incorrect late fees and penalties for taxpayers. Claire Wang, Oc Register, 15 Apr. 2026 Under the $11 million hike, property tax bills in South Hadley would increase by an average of $1,700 per year, according to the Daily Hampshire Gazette. Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 15 Apr. 2026 In an era where teams regularly demand stadium and arena deals that exempt them from property tax, the Dodgers have paid $12.8 million in property taxes over the past three years, according to Los Angeles County tax collection records. Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for property tax
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Noun
  • By 1918, progressive income tax rates touched 77%.
    Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Just after midnight on Thursday, the Missouri Senate passed a bill that supporters say could lead to the elimination of the state’s income tax, and grants lawmakers broad authority to raise sales taxes to replace it.
    Jack Harvel April 16, Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Aranda’s sixth-inning sac fly and Yandy Diaz’s eight-inning infield single tax Fried for two more runs.
    Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 12 Apr. 2026
  • The debt crisis is structural, rooted in decades of spending that outpaces revenue, and no single tax can undo that.
    Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 17 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Akbar had already incorporated Hindus into the Mughal military and administrative system and abolished the jizyah (a poll tax historically levied on non-Muslims under Islamic law) as part of a policy of inclusion.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Apr. 2026
  • In 1964: The 24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which prohibited both Congress and any of the states from imposing a poll tax or any other tax to vote in federal elections, was ratified.
    Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • In May, President Donald Trump's administration ended the pandemic-era pause on student loan payments, beginning to collect on defaulted debt through withholding tax refunds and other federal payments to borrowers.
    Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 7 Jan. 2026
  • In May, the Trump administration ended the pandemic-era pause on student loan payments, beginning to collect on defaulted debt by withholding tax refunds and other federal payments to borrowers.
    Annie Ma, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Voters in the city, ranked by the California Office of Traffic Safety as the second-worst large city in the state for crash injuries and deaths, might soon consider a half-cent sales tax to help close the funding gap.
    Chris Fusco. Story produced with AI assistance, Sacbee.com, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Other states impose no sales tax at all.
    Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 11 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • The Clairton plant provides 1,200 manufacturing jobs and hundreds of millions in tax revenue to the area.
    Stephanie Armour, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Laws in several states automatically apply federal tax changes to state income taxes unless the governor and lawmakers opt out — like Colorado officials did on the overtime tax deduction.
    ABC News, ABC News, 12 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • 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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