sin tax

noun

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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. — 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 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 See All Example Sentences for sin tax
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sin tax
  1. income tax
  2. single tax
  3. property tax
  4. poll tax
  5. withholding tax
  6. sales tax
  7. value-added tax
  8. tax
Noun
  • Cofounder Peter Thiel has likewise expanded his South Florida presence, opening an office for his venture capital firm, Founders Fund, in Miami and praising Florida’s lack of a state income tax.
    — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 22 July 2026
  • Short-term capital gains are taxed according to ordinary income tax brackets.
    — Cheryl Winokur Munk, CNBC, 21 July 2026
Definition of income tax
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  • The participant must also take a lump-sum distribution of the entire retirement plan balance within a single tax year.
    — David Kudla, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • But that levy generates more than any other single tax at either level of government.
    — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 19 June 2026
Definition of single tax
Noun
  • So, when Thursday’s term sheet was sent to the Blazers, the team was put off by asks from the city, particularly the $3 million annual fee for a property tax offset and a requirement that the team hires union workers.
    — Jason Quick, New York Times, 21 July 2026
  • Sarnecki, who has regularly lambasted his fellow candidates as career politicians, has criticized Masterson for failing to provide property tax breaks for homeowners while approving tax breaks for businesses.
    — Cuyler Dunn, Kansas City Star, 21 July 2026
Definition of property tax
Noun
  • This bill would functionally impose a poll tax on American citizens.
    — Linh Tat, Oc Register, 5 May 2026
  • There was – there was a poll tax in Southern states.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 4 May 2026
Definition of poll tax
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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
Definition of withholding tax
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  • As of late last year, the Unified Government was still diverting local sales tax dollars to paying off debt for four ongoing STAR bond projects, staff had said.
    — Sofi Zeman July 24, Kansas City Star, 24 July 2026
  • The regional authority was established after the voter passage of last year’s transit sales tax.
    — DJ Simmons, Charlotte Observer, 23 July 2026
Definition of sales 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
Definition of value-added tax
Noun
  • Ervin also believes that dollars in tax increment financing districts in parts of the city that happen also to generate the bulk of meter revenues could be part of the financing mosaic.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2026
  • The painful memory of the last citywide revaluation in 2021 is still fresh, with a broad cross-section of homeowners experiencing real estate tax bill sticker shock as residential property values soared in the immediate aftermath of the pandemic.
    — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2026
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