single tax

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Recent Examples of single tax In 2025, the standard premium is $185 a month for joint tax filers earning $212,000 a year or less ($106,000 or less for single tax filers). Steve Hruby, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025 The payments sent back $250 to single tax filers and $375 to head-of-household filers. Chris McKenna, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024 This strategy, involves clustering donations in a single tax year to surpass the standard deduction and make itemizing worthwhile. James Brewer, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024 Academics argue that while the government needs to find ways to raise money, that could come from taxing excess profits rather than a single tax that applies to all employers, big and small. Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 26 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for single tax
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Noun
  • Qualifying families may see higher amounts for the child tax credit and earned income tax credit in 2026.
    Lorie Konish, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Bowman committed to not raising taxes, whereas Pureval would not rule out an income tax increase depending on the economy.
    Scott Wartman, Cincinnati Enquirer, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Devising strategies to boost tax revenue and economic growth, increase population by attracting new employers, development and potentially property tax reform — which has burdened residents with high taxes — also remain hanging for the next mayor to solve.
    Dana Afana, Freep.com, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Because of the state recapture policy, the school district must share property tax revenues with less affluent districts across Texas.
    Charles Baggarly October 9, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Upon the basis of these findings, Congress declares that the constitutional right of citizens to vote is denied or abridged in some areas by the requirement of the payment of a poll tax as a precondition to voting.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 17 Oct. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • Mooresville spent $300,000 on drones for its police department this year, plus $20,250 in sales tax, records show.
    Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 13 Oct. 2025
  • The Sacramento Transportation Authority was created in 1988 when Sacramento County voters approved Measure A, a half-cent sales tax for transportation improvements.
    Jon Coupal, Oc Register, 13 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
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
  • 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
Noun
  • The full and final details of what would be a very complex operation for tax and legal reasons are still being worked out, sources said.
    Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The project is administered by Local Media Foundation, tax ID #36‐4427750, a Section 501(c)(3) charitable trust affiliated with Local Media Association.
    Everett Eaton, jsonline.com, 15 Oct. 2025

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