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Recent Examples of sales tax
Lucas credited voters for passing an extension to a public safety sales tax earlier this year, which is funding not only a new city jail but also additional tools for the police department.
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Dominick Williams, Kansas City Star, 23 Sep. 2025
The budget negotiations mark the latest step in the city’s financial crisis, which was caused in large part by sagging sales tax revenue and growing expenses.
—Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 19 Sep. 2025
Specifically, James charges that the auditor agreed to settle pending and future sales tax audits for significantly less in back taxes, penalties, and interest than were owed, saving RCI millions of dollars.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
But as New Jersey families struggle to make ends meet, @Jack4NJ continues to talk about a 10% sales tax.
—Anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
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Dominick Williams, Kansas City Star, 23 Sep. 2025
The budget negotiations mark the latest step in the city’s financial crisis, which was caused in large part by sagging sales tax revenue and growing expenses.
—Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 19 Sep. 2025
Specifically, James charges that the auditor agreed to settle pending and future sales tax audits for significantly less in back taxes, penalties, and interest than were owed, saving RCI millions of dollars.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
But as New Jersey families struggle to make ends meet, @Jack4NJ continues to talk about a 10% sales tax.
—Anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sales 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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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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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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Unlike districts, Ohio charter schools don't receive local property tax revenue, except for a handful of schools, according to the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce.—
Bebe Hodges,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
28 Sep. 2025
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Mendes indeed was a staunch advocate for that approach, leading alternative proposals for 50-plus cent hikes in 2018 and 2019 and successfully passing Nashville's first property tax rate increase since 2012 as the council's budget chair in 2020.—
Austin Hornbostel,
Nashville Tennessean,
24 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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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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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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“Sales tax.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sales%20tax. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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