How to Use sales tax in a Sentence

sales tax

noun

• On that day, the 4% sales tax rate on groceries will go down to 3%.
  — William Thornton | [e-mail], al, 1 Sep. 2023
• The city will pay for the bonds by extending a 1-cent sales tax.
  — Mike Jones, Arkansas Online, 12 July 2023
• The deficits could also mean raising the city's sales tax rate, which sits at 2.3%.
  — Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 29 Feb. 2024
• If passed, the sales tax would raise roughly $1 billion over the next 30 years for parks and arts.
  — Mark Arax, New York Times, 1 June 2023
• The most recent was Measure M, the half-cent sales tax hike that was approved in 2016.
  — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2023
• Most cities in San Diego County have a sales tax rate of 7.75 percent.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2023
• The sales tax rate will drop in South Dakota and New Mexico.
  — Geoff Mulvihill and David A. Lieb, BostonGlobe.com, 1 July 2023
• The state's sales tax revenue gains in June were broad-based compared to a year ago, said Shelnutt.
  — Michael R. Wickline, Arkansas Online, 6 July 2023
• In contrast, the top 20% only see their income lowered 1.5% by the sales tax.
  — Dallas News, 30 Jan. 2023
• That’s the year voters approved the Measure U sales tax increase.
  — Theresa Clift, Sacramento Bee, 2 Feb. 2024
• The sale of delta 8 products is subject to state sales tax, which has contributed to the state's revenue.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 8 Sep. 2023
• If passed, the bill would impose a use and sales tax on the retail sale of ammunition.
  — Louis Casiano, Fox News, 12 Jan. 2024
• Those include state sales tax, a tax that goes to the city where the dispensary is located and a tax based on the THC level in the cannabis.
  — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 16 Feb. 2023
• Williams added that the 13 member cities pay $.01 of their sales tax into the DART system, but don’t know what is spent in each member city.
  — Myah Taylor, Dallas News, 23 Mar. 2023
• Imagine that — a 23 percent retail sales tax that makes prices go down.
  — Robert Goulder, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2023
• The bill tries to dodge this with a provision that would end the sales tax in seven years unless the 16th Amendment is repealed.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 20 Jan. 2023
• Some Lemon Grove leaders feel there’s an answer: Get a local sales tax.
  — Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 July 2023
• From income tax to sales tax, there are so many different types of taxes.
  — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2023
• The credits can be used to offset corporate income tax and sales tax.
  — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 15 June 2023
• If a majority says yes, the Royals have agreed to sign a lease keeping them in the county for the duration of the 40-year sales tax.
  — Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 25 Mar. 2024
• Idaho offers a credit of about $100 a person to offset its 6% sales tax.
  — Ralph Chapoco, al, 21 Feb. 2023
• Recreational sales would have been subjected to a 15% excise tax on top of the standard sales tax.
  — Sean Murphy, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Mar. 2023
• What’s needed is to reduce income tax rates at all levels and extend the sales tax to services.
  — George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2023
• Those include state sales tax, a tax that goes to the community where the dispensary is located and a tax based on the THC level in the cannabis.
  — Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 10 Feb. 2023
• Property tax revenues make up 51% and sales tax revenues make up 21% of that total.
  — Haeven Gibbons, Dallas News, 6 Sep. 2023
• The Brewers’ lease calls for the district to cover repairs, but Evers’ office and the Brewers said in February that the end of the sales tax has left the district short of funds.
  — Steve Megargee and Todd Richmond, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2023
• The income from such rentals is subject to the state’s transaction privilege tax, which is similar to a sales tax.
  — Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 13 Jan. 2023
• They’re set to vote on a national sales tax that won’t become law but will give Democrats a potent campaign issue.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 20 Jan. 2023
• But expanding the sales tax alone won’t raise enough money, Wilkison said.
  — Sarah Freishtat, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2023
• Reba’s Place also receives rebates on a portion of city sales tax.
  — Priya Krishna, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024