sales tax
noun
: a tax levied on the sale of goods and services that is usually calculated as a percentage of the purchase price and collected by the seller
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In this case, incremental sales tax growth that would otherwise go towards state and local government priorities will be tied up in debt service stadiums on the STAR bonds.
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Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 25 Dec. 2025
Others pushing the sales tax surcharge include the county firefighters union and a network of some of the region’s leading nonprofit and philanthropic groups.
—Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Dec. 2025
The proposal would levy a half-cent sales tax in most counties and a full-cent tax in San Francisco.
—Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 24 Dec. 2025
The bulk of the funding, $860 million, would come through redirecting sales tax revenue charged on motor fuel purchases to public transportation operations.
—Elyssa Kaufman, CBS News, 16 Dec. 2025
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Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 25 Dec. 2025
Others pushing the sales tax surcharge include the county firefighters union and a network of some of the region’s leading nonprofit and philanthropic groups.
—Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Dec. 2025
The proposal would levy a half-cent sales tax in most counties and a full-cent tax in San Francisco.
—Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 24 Dec. 2025
The bulk of the funding, $860 million, would come through redirecting sales tax revenue charged on motor fuel purchases to public transportation operations.
—Elyssa Kaufman, CBS News, 16 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for sales tax
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“Sales tax.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sales%20tax. Accessed 31 Dec. 2025.
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