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Advertisement Disney and her allies want a surtax on incomes over $1 million.
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Philip Elliott, Time, 24 Nov. 2025
The outflow of residents to other states also predates the surtax and reflects other factors such as high housing costs.
—Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
The tax is a surtax on individual property for the wealthy on their second homes.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
The payroll surtax could rise from the current $126 per employee to as high as $420.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 5 Aug. 2025
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Philip Elliott, Time, 24 Nov. 2025
The outflow of residents to other states also predates the surtax and reflects other factors such as high housing costs.
—Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
The tax is a surtax on individual property for the wealthy on their second homes.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
The payroll surtax could rise from the current $126 per employee to as high as $420.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 5 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for surtax
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European allies welcomed news of the framework, but some warned that the damage to the EU-US relationship is already done, even after the US backed away from threats to hit them with additional trade tariffs over their opposition to a US takeover.—
Lauren Kent,
CNN Money,
24 Jan. 2026
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Are the countries Trump has slapped with a huge tariff going to send us their data?—
MIKE STOBBE,
Arkansas Online,
24 Jan. 2026
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During the winter, bills might include a surcharge or a credit designed to protect consumers if temperatures are colder than normal.—
Elizabeth Campbell,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
22 Jan. 2026
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In an effort to mitigate the financial impact on consumers, OG&E, PSO and Oklahoma Natural Gas, received permission from the Corporation Commission to pass the costs onto consumers through a monthly surcharge that is expected to last nearly 30 years.—
Barbara Hoberock,
Oklahoma Voice,
21 Jan. 2026
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Under the bill, the authority could issue bonds, and the lease rental payments could be made from local excise taxes, food and beverage tax and innkeeper’s tax.—
Alexandra Kukulka,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Jan. 2026
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Amid IndyStar's reporting, IMPD and state excise police — which had 73 officers to cover 92 counties — began more closely collaborating.—
Tony Cook,
IndyStar,
30 Dec. 2025
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For instance, a New Jersey homeowner paying $18,000 in property taxes and $9,000 in state income tax could now deduct the full $27,000, which is nearly triple what was allowed under the old cap.—
Emma Waldman,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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Instead, the governor backs the state’s progressive tax structure, where the more one earns, the higher their income tax rate is.—
Linh Tat,
Daily News,
23 Jan. 2026
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Allowing more housing density throughout San Diego would bring in huge new property tax revenues, over time, sufficient to cure fiscal woes.—
Phillip Molnar,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Jan. 2026
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The report comes as lawmakers consider options for property tax relief.—
Hope Karnopp,
jsonline.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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Republicans meanwhile have pushed against expansion, especially by supporting voter ID laws, which can make voting more time consuming, and in some cases, may require people to pay fees to secure IDs (which critics liken to a poll tax).—
Time,
Time,
29 Oct. 2025
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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
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“Surtax.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surtax. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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