surtax

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Recent Examples of surtax This is a similar split to past years, and tends to even out as lawmakers later in the year take up a supplemental budget to allocate surplus surtax funds. — State House News Service, Boston Herald, 15 Apr. 2026 Van Hollen would slap a surtax on every dollar of income over $1 million, which would pay for the tax cuts for lower incomes. — ABC News, 23 Mar. 2026 The surtax would apply not only to wage income but also to capital gains and other investment income. — Zach Halaschak, The Washington Examiner, 18 Mar. 2026 The Yale Budget Lab has estimated the surtax would affect about 615,000 filers. — Jeff Stein The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 6 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for surtax
Recent Examples of Synonyms for surtax
  1. tariff
  2. surcharge
  3. excise
  4. income tax
  5. property tax
  6. poll tax
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  • The bipartisan package allows the president to impose tariffs on the world’s top five purchasers of Russian oil or natural gas, including China and India.
    — Mary Clare Jalonick, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The facility, which would be the first of its kind built in the US since 1980, could help ease Washington’s concerns about access to the metal, and gives EGA a break from tariffs on its exports to the US.
    — Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of tariff
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  • Including a $435 OWI surcharge, the maximum penalty for such an offense, if the defendant is convicted, is $735.
    — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 31 July 2026
  • California’s Proposition 13 caps the statewide property tax rate at 1% of assessed value—a constitutional ceiling that’s why San Francisco couldn’t just add a percentage surcharge the way New York did.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 30 July 2026
Definition of surcharge
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  • Lazio’s deal with Polymarket, which is unlicensed by Italy’s customs, excises and monopolies agency, is compliant under the same criteria.
    — James Horncastle, New York Times, 28 July 2026
  • Yet his progressive tax proposals sat atop a federal revenue system that was still heavily dependent on excises.
    — Joseph Thorndike, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Definition of excise
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  • Seemingly more significantly, Missourians voted on amendments that would have limited the initiative petition process and eliminated the state’s income tax — both of which were soundly rejected.
    — Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Players on teams in states with no income tax, like Florida or Texas, enjoy a considerable advantage, while those in high-tax states such as California or New York face substantial liabilities.
    — Nathan Goldman, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of income tax
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  • The city has so far been unable to commit to the second half of an advance pension payment because of property tax delays from Cook County.
    — Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Public safety groups are warning voters about the property tax cut amendment that will appear on ballots this November.
    — Ana Goñi-Lessan, Miami Herald, 4 Aug. 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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