value-added tax

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Recent Examples of value-added tax 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 In the 18 months of the pandemic, more than half of the revenue for local governments have come from property, as corporate-income and value-added tax receipts declined. John Lee, WSJ, 6 Oct. 2021 Under the region’s customs union, imports of pasta face a tariff of 20% and also value-added tax of 15%. The Economist, 15 Mar. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for value-added tax
Noun
  • Residents also do not pay income tax, the South Dakota Department of Revenue said — further boosting the state’s affordability appeal.
    Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Trump has claimed the tariff revenue has been so large that the duties may be able to replace the income tax.
    Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 20 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • In 1964: The 24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which prohibited both Congress and any of the states from imposing a poll tax or any other tax to vote in federal elections, was ratified.
    Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 23 Jan. 2026
  • 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
Noun
  • Proponents of the ballot initiative argue that Silicon Valley’s unmatched ecosystem of founders, investors, and talent is so alluring that no single tax would cause current and would-be billionaires to relocate.
    Rogé Karma, The Atlantic, 28 Jan. 2026
  • For instance, will the severance land in a single tax year and push your household into a higher bracket?
    Steve Hruby, Cincinnati Enquirer, 10 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Economists contend the city’s property tax system favors single-family homes, luxury condos and predominantly white neighborhoods overall — and puts more weight on multi-family buildings and homeowners in mostly Black neighborhoods.
    Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Following the months-long delay of last year’s fall property tax bills, Cook County leaders announced this week that spring property tax bills would go out when they are supposed to, and that local government bodies would receive their revenue on time.
    Evy Lewis, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Last year, the county pushed for a temporary sales tax increase, Measure A, to help fill $330 million out of a $1 billion hole in federal assistance to the health care system.
    Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2026
  • The bill would exempt honeybee purchases from the sales tax, strengthen local food programs and change some truck weight requirements.
    Stephen Gruber-Miller, Des Moines Register, 20 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • In May, President Donald Trump's administration ended the pandemic-era pause on student loan payments, beginning to collect on defaulted debt through withholding tax refunds and other federal payments to borrowers.
    Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 7 Jan. 2026
  • In May, the Trump administration ended the pandemic-era pause on student loan payments, beginning to collect on defaulted debt by withholding tax refunds and other federal payments to borrowers.
    Annie Ma, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • Signal Cleveland reports Council President Blaine Griffin and County Executive Chris Ronayne are in talks to raise the sin tax, which would require a change to state law.
    Sam Allard, Axios, 5 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The proposal calls for a 1% food and beverage tax in Lake and Porter counties, a 5% innkeepers tax in Lake County and a 12% admissions tax to help build a stadium.
    Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 22 Feb. 2026
  • With nine Democratic gubernatorial candidates pitching competing visions, California Democrats showed deep divisions between progressive tax-and-spend approaches and moderate ‘back to basics’ budget restraint.
    Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2026

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