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Recent Examples of sales tax
All customers who purchased a box of a dozen doughnuts on April 15 received a second box for the price of just the sales tax.
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Erin Clements, People.com, 7 May 2025
The city slowly rebounded following a nationwide increase in revenues and the passage of Measure U, a half-cent sales tax approved in November 2012 to help restore personnel and programs slashed during the Great Recession.
—Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Often, proponents of sales tax hikes are deliberately bad at math.
—Jon Coupal, Oc Register, 21 Apr. 2025
Officials said that without imposing the local tax, Morton Grove stands to lose more than $150,000 in sales tax revenue.
—Elizabeth Owens-Schiele, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2025
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Erin Clements, People.com, 7 May 2025
The city slowly rebounded following a nationwide increase in revenues and the passage of Measure U, a half-cent sales tax approved in November 2012 to help restore personnel and programs slashed during the Great Recession.
—Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Often, proponents of sales tax hikes are deliberately bad at math.
—Jon Coupal, Oc Register, 21 Apr. 2025
Officials said that without imposing the local tax, Morton Grove stands to lose more than $150,000 in sales tax revenue.
—Elizabeth Owens-Schiele, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sales tax
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Since that can have important income tax implications, and because the potential impact of different valuations on beneficiaries, many CPAs or other tax preparers (e.g., the attorney handling the estate) opt to get real numbers.—
Martin Shenkman,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025
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The package would cut taxes deeply – essentially making permanent the sweeping individual income tax provisions of Trump’s 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, as well as adding several temporary tax breaks to fulfill the president’s campaign promises.—
Elisabeth Buchwald,
CNN Money,
16 May 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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Installment sale tax treatment allows sellers to recognize capital gains incrementally over time rather than in a single tax year.—
Shane Styne,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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The payments sent back $250 to single tax filers and $375 to head-of-household filers.—
Chris McKenna,
USA TODAY,
10 Dec. 2024
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As of 2023, the median property tax for homeowners in New York City was $9,937, LendingTree found in a recent report.—
Ana Teresa Solá,
CNBC,
24 May 2025
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While Texas does not levy a personal income tax and has no state property tax, homeowners pay among the highest property taxes in the country to local governments.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 May 2025
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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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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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Import taxes on movies may look in some way like some sort of withholding tax on royalties, for example.—
Tax Notes Staff,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
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Zhao points to instances where companies have threatened governments or regions with economic consequences, such as withholding tax revenue, if regulations are imposed.—
Hessie Jones,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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But the tax bill would basically kill the two tax credits that have done the most to enable the surge of solar power.—
Spencer Kimball,
CNBC,
24 May 2025
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Tucked within President Donald Trump's massive tax and spending bill, which the House narrowly passed on Thursday, is a proposal to increase a tax that some universities pay on the investment returns of their endowments from 1.4% to as high as 21% for some of the most elite colleges in the country.—
Brad Brooks,
USA Today,
24 May 2025
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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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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 28 May. 2025.
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