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Recent Examples of income tax
The Jags have the fifth pick in the April draft and roughly $50 million in salary-cap space for 2025, play in arguably the NFL’s weakest division (AFC South) and work in a state with plenty of sunshine and no income tax.
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Mark Long, Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan. 2025
The filing includes a note on the company's tax position, indicating no income tax expense for the fiscal year.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 24 Jan. 2025
Current state law requires a person to reside in Maryland for at least six months to be considered a resident for income tax purposes.
—Gary Collins, Baltimore Sun, 23 Jan. 2025
In 2023, the BBC’s offices in India were raided by income tax authorities, coming soon after a controversial BBC documentary titled India: The Modi Question, which was critical of the country’s President.
—Sara Merican, Deadline, 20 Jan. 2025
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Mark Long, Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan. 2025
The filing includes a note on the company's tax position, indicating no income tax expense for the fiscal year.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 24 Jan. 2025
Current state law requires a person to reside in Maryland for at least six months to be considered a resident for income tax purposes.
—Gary Collins, Baltimore Sun, 23 Jan. 2025
In 2023, the BBC’s offices in India were raided by income tax authorities, coming soon after a controversial BBC documentary titled India: The Modi Question, which was critical of the country’s President.
—Sara Merican, Deadline, 20 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for income tax
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Prior to council tax, there was poll tax which was so wildly unpopular, people began rioting across England.—
Tanyel Mustafa,
refinery29.com,
12 Jan. 2024
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But a Venezuelan passport costs more than $300, a price that amounts to a poll tax because few migrants can afford them.—
John Otis,
NPR,
16 Apr. 2024
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This would allow homeowners and farm owners to exclude a portion of their property's value from taxation, effectively lowering their property tax bills.—
Claire Dickey,
Newsweek,
4 Feb. 2025
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Senate Bill 1 would accomplish a number of the property tax reforms that Gov. Mike Braun campaigned on.—
Alexandra Kukulka,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Feb. 2025
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The payments sent back $250 to single tax filers and $375 to head-of-household filers.—
Chris McKenna,
USA TODAY,
10 Dec. 2024
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Academics argue that while the government needs to find ways to raise money, that could come from taxing excess profits rather than a single tax that applies to all employers, big and small.—
Prarthana Prakash,
Fortune Europe,
26 Nov. 2024
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Taxing candy sales Among Healey’s tax policy changes is an effort to apply the sales tax to candy purchases, a shift the governor said could generate $25 million for Massachusetts.—
Chris Van Buskirk,
Boston Herald,
23 Jan. 2025
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The ballot will also ask voters whether to approve renewing a public safety sales tax for 20 years to cover the costs of building a new municipal rehabilitation and detention center alongside other construction, operational and maintenance needs for law enforcement and emergency service providers.—
Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
22 Jan. 2025
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Under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), Washington requires foreign financial institutions to disclose their American clients’ financial information to the U.S. Treasury and imposes a 30 percent withholding tax on certain payments to foreign financial institutions that don’t comply.—
Nicholas Shaxson,
Foreign Affairs,
13 Feb. 2018
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Palestinian leaders say its ability to exercise effective governance has been effectively blocked by Israeli restrictions, which have included withholding tax revenues due under the Oslo accords.—
Ali Sawafta,
The Christian Science Monitor,
26 Feb. 2024
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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
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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
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Additional state tax dollars would be spent defending legal challenges that will be brought against the enforcement of the law.—
Anders Fogh Rasmussen,
Newsweek,
4 Feb. 2025
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The good news is that Trump does not need to spend American tax dollars to show goodwill toward North Korea’s supreme leader.—
Seung-Whan Choi,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Feb. 2025
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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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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
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