withholding tax

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Definition of withholding taxnext
as in income tax

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Recent Examples of withholding tax The incentives include sales and use tax refunds, qualifying investment tax credits and withholding tax credits. — Max Rego, The Hill, 12 Feb. 2026 Non-qualified earnings face the 30% withholding tax for NRAs, plus a 10% penalty if under 59½, unless an exception applies. — Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025 But her defiance drew a warning from Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador of potential consequences if legislators update the law to include penalties such as the state withholding tax money. — Idaho Statesman, 6 July 2025 Once in default, the full remaining balance becomes immediately due, and the government can take action to recover the debt, such as garnishing wages or withholding tax refunds. — Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 22 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for withholding tax
Recent Examples of Synonyms for withholding tax
  1. income tax
  2. property tax
  3. single tax
  4. poll tax
  5. sales tax
  6. value-added tax
  7. sin tax
Noun
  • Texas is also one of the few states with no state income tax, a major perk for retirees on a fixed income.
    — Amelia Mularz, Architectural Digest, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Borrowing from the left, however, Peltola is calling for the elimination of federal income tax for Alaskans making less than $92,000 per year, and paying for it by increasing taxes on millionaires and billionaires.
    — Garrett Downs, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of income tax
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  • Here, Congress would have to manufacture a considerably longer logical chain between a facially residence-neutral property tax and interstate commerce.
    — Andrew Leahey, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The delay in sending out bills and collecting payments also has created cash flow problems for local governments that rely on property tax revenue to pay their bills.
    — Todd Feurer, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of property tax
Noun
  • The participant must also take a lump-sum distribution of the entire retirement plan balance within a single tax year.
    — David Kudla, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • But that levy generates more than any other single tax at either level of government.
    — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 19 June 2026
Definition of single tax
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  • 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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  • The legislation is expected to raise more than $1 billion for the region’s mass transit systems annually with the help of a sales tax hike and a diversion of the state’s sales tax on motor fuel to public transit.
    — Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The city’s sales tax sharing agreement with property owner Manley was not on the agenda, and no one tried to bring it up.
    — Terri Daxon, Oc Register, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of sales tax
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  • 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
Definition of value-added tax
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  • 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
  • The teams' leases stipulate the public is responsible for repair costs, but the lone funding source — the county sin tax on cigarettes and alcohol — is no longer sufficient to cover their demands.
    — Sam Allard, Axios, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of sin tax

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