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Recent Examples of property tax
The data center will create up to 45 jobs and, the developer argues, generate as much as $10 million a year in property tax dollars for the city.
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Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 12 Feb. 2026
Opponents criticized the effort for attempting to fund property tax relief with a potentially addictive activity.
—Makenzie Huber, States Newsroom, 12 Feb. 2026
New York, Washington and Boston have property tax abatement programs, for example.
—Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
The state, however, could see a ballot measure this year that would restore some of the more generous property tax breaks to heirs.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2026
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Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 12 Feb. 2026
Opponents criticized the effort for attempting to fund property tax relief with a potentially addictive activity.
—Makenzie Huber, States Newsroom, 12 Feb. 2026
New York, Washington and Boston have property tax abatement programs, for example.
—Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
The state, however, could see a ballot measure this year that would restore some of the more generous property tax breaks to heirs.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for property tax
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The Georgia Senate on Thursday approved two bills that would dramatically scale back the state’s individual income tax.—
David Wickert,
AJC.com,
13 Feb. 2026
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The income tax rate can be lowered by continuing to grow our state and local economies by attracting new business with high-paying jobs by supporting fiscally conservative policies and keeping state income taxes low.—
Nora O'Neill,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Feb. 2026
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Proponents of the ballot initiative argue that Silicon Valley’s unmatched ecosystem of founders, investors, and talent is so alluring that no single tax would cause current and would-be billionaires to relocate.—
Rogé Karma,
The Atlantic,
28 Jan. 2026
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For instance, will the severance land in a single tax year and push your household into a higher bracket?—
Steve Hruby,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
10 Nov. 2025
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In 1964: The 24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which prohibited both Congress and any of the states from imposing a poll tax or any other tax to vote in federal elections, was ratified.—
Lorenzino Estrada,
AZCentral.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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Republicans meanwhile have pushed against expansion, especially by supporting voter ID laws, which can make voting more time consuming, and in some cases, may require people to pay fees to secure IDs (which critics liken to a poll tax).—
Time,
Time,
29 Oct. 2025
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In May, President Donald Trump's administration ended the pandemic-era pause on student loan payments, beginning to collect on defaulted debt through withholding tax refunds and other federal payments to borrowers.—
Marley Malenfant,
Austin American Statesman,
7 Jan. 2026
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In May, the Trump administration ended the pandemic-era pause on student loan payments, beginning to collect on defaulted debt by withholding tax refunds and other federal payments to borrowers.—
Annie Ma,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Jan. 2026
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The proposal Bryant presented intends to use three different methods to reach the equivalent of giving roughly 25% of DART sales tax back to cities — a threshold several cities supported previously.—
Lilly Kersh,
Dallas Morning News,
14 Feb. 2026
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Palmdale and Lancaster — some of the poorest cities in the county — could wind up with some of the highest sales tax rates in the state if the measure passes.—
Rebecca Ellis,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb. 2026
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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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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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Meanwhile, France's former Culture Minister Jack Lang resigned as head of a Paris cultural center over reported past financial links to Epstein that prompted a tax investigation.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
9 Feb. 2026
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All tax ideas are subject to public hearings and a vote by the tax-writing finance committee, along with approval by the full House and Senate.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
8 Feb. 2026
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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
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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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“Property tax.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/property%20tax. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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