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Recent Examples of sales tax
The Bee searched each store for four basic cooking ingredients, focusing on the options with the lowest available prices:
One dozen large white eggs
One gallon of 2% milk
One pound of cheddar cheese
One pound of unsalted butter
All prices were calculated before sales tax.
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Camila Pedrosa, Sacramento Bee, 22 Feb. 2025
Minnesota exempts from its sales tax the cost of purchasing solar energy equipment.
—Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2025
The case is speeding through the courts to settle things before the half-cent-per-dollar sales tax surcharge approved by Davidson County voters goes into effect on Feb. 1, 2025.
—Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 18 Feb. 2025
For calendar year 2023, Clarendon Hills had total sales tax revenues of $1,235,448, meaning that its grocery tax revenue was about $370,600.
—Chuck Fieldman, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025
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Camila Pedrosa, Sacramento Bee, 22 Feb. 2025
Minnesota exempts from its sales tax the cost of purchasing solar energy equipment.
—Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2025
The case is speeding through the courts to settle things before the half-cent-per-dollar sales tax surcharge approved by Davidson County voters goes into effect on Feb. 1, 2025.
—Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 18 Feb. 2025
For calendar year 2023, Clarendon Hills had total sales tax revenues of $1,235,448, meaning that its grocery tax revenue was about $370,600.
—Chuck Fieldman, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sales tax
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This raises the possibility that Florida’s lack of a state income tax is not the only—or possibly not even the primary—reason for high-income people to move there.—
Laura Clawson,
JSTOR Daily,
7 Mar. 2025
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The Legislature responded by proposing more than four times that amount this session across three bills, including the income tax cut.—
Carolyn Komatsoulis,
Idaho Statesman,
6 Mar. 2025
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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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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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The bill calls for property tax sharing if 100 or more students in a district’s boundaries attend a charter school.—
Carole Carlson,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Feb. 2025
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Plus, Duggan proposes a 3-mill property tax cut that would lower the levy on a $100,000 home by $150.—
Annalise Frank,
Axios,
28 Feb. 2025
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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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Under an amendment to the federal law effective Jan. 3, the social security withholding tax of 5.85 percent is being levied against the first $13,200 of salaries and wages.—
Bernice Hoffman,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 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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As legislators in Jackson prepare to work out the differences between the House and Senate tax cut plans over the next month, Governor Tate Reeves (R) recently expressed his preference for the House proposal and a belief that the Senate plan doesn’t go far enough.—
Patrick Gleason,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
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Most Popular Most Popular Gov. Wes Moore pitches tax plan as defense against Trump.—
Jacques Kelly,
Baltimore Sun,
1 Mar. 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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“Sales tax.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sales%20tax. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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