property tax

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Recent Examples of property tax Seminole County and 9 other municipalities across the region have proposed higher property tax rates for this year for those reasons – though Orange County intends to hold the line. Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 July 2025 Property owners are not getting a 30% salary increase to cover a 30% property tax hike; the only recourse may be to sell their house and move out of Illinois, which statistics show is exactly what is happening. Chicago Tribune, 28 July 2025 County Administrator Monica Cepero cited the county’s strong AAA bond rating and ample cash reserves of 15.1% with no general obligation bond debt and a flat property tax rate for the past decade. Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 23 July 2025 The anticipated property tax revenue is about $600,000 annually, once the development is complete, said Village Administrator Steve Kreklow. Cathy Kozlowicz, jsonline.com, 23 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for property tax
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Noun
  • The president views tariff revenues as a way to help offset the budget deficit increases tied to his recent income tax cuts and generate more domestic factory jobs.
    Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 30 July 2025
  • The administration has pushed for tariffs as a way to navigate the budget deficit amid income tax cuts and to boost domestic manufacturing jobs, but analysts have warned that American consumers will be the ones taking on the price hikes.
    Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 July 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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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