property tax

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Recent Examples of property tax But on Monday, enough homeowners in the Santiago Geologic Hazard Abatement District, which manages the pumps, agreed to a permanent property tax assessment to keep the pumps running into the future. Michael Slaten, Oc Register, 6 Aug. 2025 This town is going all in with a mix of cash and benefits: up to $15,000 in student loan repayment, free college tuition for local graduates, daycare support and property tax rebates. Laura Begley Bloom, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025 That deficit shrank to $92 million after Austin voters in November approved raising the district’s property tax rate. Keri Heath, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025 And just to add to the confusion, the charges will appear on your property tax bill, with refunds or credits not appearing until at least your fiscal 2027 property tax bill. Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for property tax
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Noun
  • Up to 85 percent of Social Security benefits are subject to income tax for single filers making at least $34,000 or joint filers making $44,000 or more.
    Howard Gleckman, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
  • The Tax Policy Center found that most middle-income earners would pay an additional $1,380 in federal income tax in 2026 if the cuts were not extended.
    David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • In this example, $15,000 of MAGI exceeds the $75,000 threshold for a single tax filer.
    Susan Tompor, USA Today, 21 July 2025
  • In 2025, the standard premium is $185 a month for joint tax filers earning $212,000 a year or less ($106,000 or less for single tax filers).
    Steve Hruby, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • The excise tax on funders—with withholding tax enforcement on lawyers—was intended in part to curb litigation.
    Robert W. Wood, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • Currently, transactions at the airport are subject to a Highfill city sales tax of 2%.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Aug. 2025
  • During his tenure, Cater has pursued a progressive agenda that has included medical debt forgiveness, college savings accounts for newborns, and a new sales tax to fund roads and parks.
    Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 16 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • But teams coming off a third consecutive season in the play-in tournament have justified reason not to remain a tax team.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2025
  • Both projects will be supported in part by $2.7 million tax incremental financing district, which the village's Joint Review Board approved in May 2025.
    Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 16 Aug. 2025
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
  • 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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