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Recent Examples of sin tax
Those drops, while beneficial for the population, aren’t great for sin tax revenues that depend on those behaviors.
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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
Among a litany of measures, including a major change to the government’s fiscal rules, Reeves is reported to be considering a sin tax raid.
—Sam Meredith, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2024
The county will pay about $138 million, using bed tax, sin tax and general fund dollars.
—Lucas Daprile, cleveland, 30 Aug. 2023
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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
Among a litany of measures, including a major change to the government’s fiscal rules, Reeves is reported to be considering a sin tax raid.
—Sam Meredith, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2024
The county will pay about $138 million, using bed tax, sin tax and general fund dollars.
—Lucas Daprile, cleveland, 30 Aug. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sin tax
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Buying them en masse has essentially only been taking place since the 1920s—which is to say after the imposition of the Federal Reserve and the income tax in 1913.—
Brian Domitrovic,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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And much of the nearly $1 billion gain would be taxed at a lower capital gains rate, not the higher income tax rate.—
Chris Isidore,
CNN Money,
5 Sep. 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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If some of that revenue were used for property tax relief … Detroit would still be a high property tax city.—
Malachi Barrett,
Freep.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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Doing so enables the developers to receive a property tax cut offered by Cook County.—
Richard Requena,
Chicago Tribune,
2 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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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 stadium funding package included a reduction in a sales tax administrative fee the state charges the city and county that is intended to help cover the annual payments.—
Ricardo Torres,
jsonline.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Nobody had suggested the sales tax was primarily responsible for the state’s fiscal surplus.—
Robert Goulder,
Forbes.com,
8 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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Under reforms announced by the government in July, LTAFs will be available to eligible investors from April 2026 through a Stock and Shares Individual Savings Accounts (ISA), which like SIPPs do not incur tax on capital gains.—
Jenni Reid,Ganesh Rao,
CNBC,
10 Sep. 2025
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The exact tax rate hasn’t been set.—
Kevin Richert,
Idaho Statesman,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Sin tax.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sin%20tax. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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