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The payroll surtax could rise from the current $126 per employee to as high as $420.
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The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 5 Aug. 2025
The electric bus purchase was a pilot program funded partially through federal money and partially through a local transportation surtax.
—Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 31 July 2025
The company blamed the drop in net profit on the exceptional surtax on corporate income introduced by the French government this year for very large companies whose annual turnover in at least €1 billion.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 29 July 2025
The Senate’s surtax spending bill proposes shuttling $613 million to education initiatives and $670 million to transportation projects, compared to the House’s plan that sends $828 million to transportation and $353 million to education.
—Chris Van Buskirk, Boston Herald, 1 May 2025
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The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 5 Aug. 2025
The electric bus purchase was a pilot program funded partially through federal money and partially through a local transportation surtax.
—Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 31 July 2025
The company blamed the drop in net profit on the exceptional surtax on corporate income introduced by the French government this year for very large companies whose annual turnover in at least €1 billion.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 29 July 2025
The Senate’s surtax spending bill proposes shuttling $613 million to education initiatives and $670 million to transportation projects, compared to the House’s plan that sends $828 million to transportation and $353 million to education.
—Chris Van Buskirk, Boston Herald, 1 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for surtax
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The president initially floated his movie tariff idea on Truth Social in May, prompting panic across Hollywood, even after the White House sought to temper expectations in a statement not long after.—
Katie Kilkenny,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Sep. 2025
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These new tariffs could prove detrimental to the healthcare sector, where high costs and insurance plans plans can already limit what drugs American patients can get their hands on.—
Alysa Guffey,
IndyStar,
29 Sep. 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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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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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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From 2019 to 2022, income tax revenue collected from downtown residents increased 38% to more than $40 million.—
Jordan Smith,
IndyStar,
26 Sep. 2025
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Unlike districts, Ohio charter schools don't receive local property tax revenue, except for a handful of schools, according to the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce.—
Bebe Hodges,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
28 Sep. 2025
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Mendes indeed was a staunch advocate for that approach, leading alternative proposals for 50-plus cent hikes in 2018 and 2019 and successfully passing Nashville's first property tax rate increase since 2012 as the council's budget chair in 2020.—
Austin Hornbostel,
Nashville Tennessean,
24 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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“Surtax.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surtax. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.
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