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single tax

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In 2020, Diana Parks and her then 15-year-old daughter Ania moved into low-income tax credit housing at Apex Meridian West.

— Olivia Young, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026
In July, China imposed a 20% income tax on assets moved into offshore trusts since 2023, closing a longstanding loophole used by wealthy families for asset protection and succession planning.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2026

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Last year, voters living around Aspen approved sales and property tax increases to specifically fund wildfire reduction.

— Jeff Todd, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026
The property tax burden is one major reason why there are few cranes in the sky in Cook County these days.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2026

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Questions about funding The city plans to redirect sales tax revenue generated by the stadium and surrounding district to help cover bond payments.

— Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2026
Last year the supervisors voted to divert more than $300 million in Measure A sales tax funds from the agency to a new county homelessness department.

— David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026

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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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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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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

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Another factor worth evaluating is your incomes and how combining them (or keeping them separate) influences your total tax bill.

— Becca Stanek, TheWeek, 7 Sep. 2026
That means a $4,000,001 estate in Illinois yields a state estate tax bill of more than $220,000, compared with $0 in federal tax because the $15 million threshold isn't hit.

— Medora Lee, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2026

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