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sales tax

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Recent Examples of sales tax Last year, a group of local taxpayer advocates filed a lawsuit to block a general sales tax measure in Santa Clara County, while also contesting the ballot measure text. — Grace Hase, Mercury News, 19 Aug. 2026 Classes across all of Florida's school districts have resumed, and the end to the state's 2026 back-to-school sales tax holiday is approaching quickly. — Sarah Perkel, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026 The project will not receive any economic development incentives, according to planning documents, but is expected to generate sales tax revenue and advance the city’s goal of increasing retail activity within the One North district. — Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 18 Aug. 2026 While there’s no income or sales tax, New Hampshire has one of the highest property tax rates in the country. — Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 16 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for sales tax

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Texas is also one of the few states with no state income tax, a major perk for retirees on a fixed income.

— Amelia Mularz, Architectural Digest, 20 Aug. 2026
Borrowing from the left, however, Peltola is calling for the elimination of federal income tax for Alaskans making less than $92,000 per year, and paying for it by increasing taxes on millionaires and billionaires.

— Garrett Downs, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of income tax

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Here, Congress would have to manufacture a considerably longer logical chain between a facially residence-neutral property tax and interstate commerce.

— Andrew Leahey, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
The delay in sending out bills and collecting payments also has created cash flow problems for local governments that rely on property tax revenue to pay their bills.

— Todd Feurer, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of property tax

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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
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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Once Vasquez applies for funding, the Missouri 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, 10 June 2026
The incentives include sales and use tax refunds, qualifying investment tax credits and withholding tax credits.

— Max Rego, The Hill, 12 Feb. 2026

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According to the Financial Times, the Wall Street bank boss used the conversation to lobby the British government against creating a more hostile tax environment for banks.

— Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 17 Aug. 2026
Elisabeth Wright Burak, a policy researcher at Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families, said Trump’s tax-and-spending law is stifling the momentum states had been gaining with maternal care since 2022.

— Andrew Jones, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026

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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
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

Definition of sin tax

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