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Recent Examples of sales tax
O’Connell has submitted a supplemental budget to the Metro Council for review, since the new sales tax funds weren’t anticipated in the original fiscal year 2025 budget.
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Austin Hornbostel, Nashville Tennessean, 14 Oct. 2025
The Sacramento Transportation Authority was created in 1988 when Sacramento County voters approved Measure A, a half-cent sales tax for transportation improvements.
—Jon Coupal, Oc Register, 13 Oct. 2025
It’s envisioned, Runner said, that the property owner would receive the transit occupancy tax revenues generated by the site, for a set period of time, and the city would receive the sales tax revenues.
—Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2025
The bond items, if approved by voters, would be a continuation of a portion of the sales tax the city already implements, and no new taxes would be levied.
—Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2025
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Austin Hornbostel, Nashville Tennessean, 14 Oct. 2025
The Sacramento Transportation Authority was created in 1988 when Sacramento County voters approved Measure A, a half-cent sales tax for transportation improvements.
—Jon Coupal, Oc Register, 13 Oct. 2025
It’s envisioned, Runner said, that the property owner would receive the transit occupancy tax revenues generated by the site, for a set period of time, and the city would receive the sales tax revenues.
—Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2025
The bond items, if approved by voters, would be a continuation of a portion of the sales tax the city already implements, and no new taxes would be levied.
—Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sales tax
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Then there’s all the other stuff, including California taxes (Tennessee has no state income tax) and the cost of living in the San Francisco Bay Area.—
Andrew Baggarly,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025
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People receiving a state income tax refund have the amount of their delinquent parking citations deducted from their refund.—
Anna Kleiber,
jsonline.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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Upon the basis of these findings, Congress declares that the constitutional right of citizens to vote is denied or abridged in some areas by the requirement of the payment of a poll tax as a precondition to voting.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
17 Oct. 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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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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For homeowners in the county, that would come on top of property tax levies that are based on assessed value.—
Mercury News Editorial,
Mercury News,
19 Oct. 2025
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In recent years, some Wyandotte residents have tried to get the government to delay or cancel its tax sales, which usually happen twice a year, to prevent people who have struggled to pay sky-rocketing property tax bills from losing their family homes.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
18 Oct. 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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The full and final details of what would be a very complex operation for tax and legal reasons are still being worked out, sources said.—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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The project is administered by Local Media Foundation, tax ID #36‐4427750, a Section 501(c)(3) charitable trust affiliated with Local Media Association.—
Everett Eaton,
jsonline.com,
15 Oct. 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 22 Oct. 2025.
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