income tax

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Recent Examples of income tax Like overall revenue, which was up 5.8% over 2023, the city’s portion of the state income tax was also on the rise. R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 28 July 2025 With the Canadiens, Leafs, Senators and Canucks leading the league in income tax rates, and with all seven Canadian teams in the top eleven in the NHL, things just got a bit more complicated for Canadian teams. Eric MacRamalla, Forbes.com, 27 July 2025 There is no tax treaty with the U.S. barring double taxation, but the U.S. foreign tax credit affords substantial relief and the Montenegro income tax rate tops out at just 15%. William P. Barrett, Forbes.com, 19 July 2025 The recall campaigns were led by those who fiercely opposed the Democratic lawmakers' support for a personal income tax hike proposed by then-Gov. James Blanchard. Clara Hendrickson, Freep.com, 19 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for income tax
Recent Examples of Synonyms for income tax
Noun
  • Equal Ground Action Fund Executive Director Genesis Robinson told Newsweek that forcing people to pay for documents equates to a poll tax.
    David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025
  • However, under the act, many people would have to pay to get copies of their documents, which could result in a pay-to-vote situation akin to a poll tax.
    William Lambers, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • And just to add to the confusion, the charges will appear on your property tax bill, with refunds or credits not appearing until at least your fiscal 2027 property tax bill.
    Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Aug. 2025
  • Up next, an ABC News investigation into how Americans in majority non-white neighborhoods are facing higher property tax bills.
    ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • In this example, $15,000 of MAGI exceeds the $75,000 threshold for a single tax filer.
    Susan Tompor, USA Today, 21 July 2025
  • In 2025, the standard premium is $185 a month for joint tax filers earning $212,000 a year or less ($106,000 or less for single tax filers).
    Steve Hruby, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • Lansing stalls on funding Under the bills the Michigan House has passed, its public safety trust fund would dedicate $115 million in state sales tax revenue annually that police departments could use to recruit new officers or buy equipment.
    Andrea May Sahouri, Freep.com, 25 July 2025
  • The state currently has an exemption from November through April; however, the state's 5% sales tax rate applies for the remainder of the year.
    Jessie Opoien, jsonline.com, 22 July 2025
Noun
  • The excise tax on funders—with withholding tax enforcement on lawyers—was intended in part to curb litigation.
    Robert W. Wood, Forbes.com, 4 July 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, Idaho Statesman, 6 July 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • And in the 1990s, after the Court of International Trade struck down a tax on exporters that was being used to finance improvements to U.S. harbors, the court set up a process for issuing refunds.
    Jan Wolfe, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2025
  • The city also chooses locations based on where tax incremental financing is available, Muhs said.
    Sofia Joseph, jsonline.com, 4 Aug. 2025
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
  • 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

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