sales tax

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Recent Examples of sales tax In Los Angeles County, voters will weigh Measure ER, a temporary half-cent sales tax increase introduced by Supervisors Holly Mitchell and Hilda Solis and approved 4-1 for the ballot, with Supervisor Kathryn Barger as the lone dissenter. Jon Coupal, Oc Register, 10 Apr. 2026 Documents list the operator as Lavender Fields Holdings LLC, and according to Indiana Economic Development Corporation sales tax exemption documents, Google is listed as an affiliate. Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026 Colorado voters in Front Range counties may be asked to weigh in again on a possible sales tax ballot measure to raise funds for the multi-billion-dollar rail project. Bruce Finley, Denver Post, 6 Apr. 2026 Licenses and permits, including a sales tax permit if products will be sold, also may be required. Metro Creative Services, Boston Herald, 6 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for sales 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • The ordinance, which failed to receive the votes necessary in order to move forward for adoption, would have allocated $500,000 from the Affordable Housing Fund for a one-year pilot to supply eligible households with a direct credit equal to 20% of their final property tax bill.
    Claire Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
  • In Oakland, California, voters approved a vacant property tax in 2018 which charges $3,000 to $6,000 annually on properties used less than 50 days a year.
    Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 16 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
  • Once Vasquez applies for funding, Hataway’s 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, 16 Apr. 2026
  • The incentives include sales and use tax refunds, qualifying investment tax credits and withholding tax credits.
    Max Rego, The Hill, 12 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • One cobra strike and one business privilege tax were enough for one lifetime.
    John McPhee, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
  • The lack of disclosure comes as other states record mounting losses in tax revenue to data center subsidies.
    Kevin Hardy, Baltimore Sun, 20 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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“Sales tax.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sales%20tax. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.

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