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The tax is a surtax on individual property for the wealthy on their second homes.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025 -
Finally, a surtax on incomes of California’s wealthiest families, approved by voters in 2012 to deal with an earlier budget deficit, was supposed to last only a few years, but a 2016 ballot measure extended it to 2030.—
Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
22 Aug. 2025
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Concerns center around rising prices from tariffs and general inflation, declining consumer confidence, economic uncertainties and potential stockouts.—
David Moin,
Footwear News,
6 Oct. 2025
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Exact tariff amounts fluctuate and vary based on source, but Evans reported orders reaching orders increasing by as much as 50%.—
Jenna Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
6 Oct. 2025
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Some provisions in the Big Beautiful Bill won’t impact Tennessee, as the state does not have an income tax.—
Vivian Jones,
Nashville Tennessean,
3 Oct. 2025
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The plan also draws on redirecting corporate income tax revenues and removing the 6% sales tax from fuel sales to allow for a 20-cent-per-gallon hike in the fuel tax, while leaving the price paid at the pump about the same.—
Paul Egan,
Freep.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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In July, the state increased the excise rate from 15% to 19%.—
Barnini Chakraborty,
The Washington Examiner,
22 Sep. 2025
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The figure is calculated by using states’ restitution for poached big-game animals and the loss of hunting-license revenue, which has a knock-on effect of loss of federal excise-tax dollars to states.—
Andrew McKean,
Outdoor Life,
11 Sep. 2025
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In 2011, the Wisconsin State Legislature altered the property tax levy formula limits, eliminating the 2% ceiling that local municipalities could draw from taxpayers in places where new construction couldn't justify a larger levy increase.—
Jim Riccioli,
jsonline.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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Given that several local taxing entities adopted budgets that include collecting additional property tax revenues in 2026, residents are preparing to see their bills increase further.—
Sofi Zeman
October 3,
Kansas City Star,
3 Oct. 2025
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In 2018, a federal court ruled that parts of Texas’ credit card surcharge ban violated the First Amendment.—
Tiffani Jackson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
26 Sep. 2025
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Transmission delivery charges are outside of the base rate, passed through to ratepayers as a separate surcharge on their monthly bill.—
PJ Green,
Kansas City Star,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Supertax.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supertax. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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