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Recent Examples of sales tax
That makeover came after the city in 2016 approved a controversial 1-cent community improvement district sales tax, imposed just within the hotel property, to help fund the renovations.
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Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
The stadium funding package included a reduction in a sales tax administrative fee the state charges the city and county that is intended to help cover the annual payments.
—Ricardo Torres, jsonline.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Saturday's game against Arkansas State University could be the Razorbacks' very last Little Rock game -- a loss that local commerce officials say will be measurable for Little Rock's sales tax revenue.
—Arkansas Online, 3 Sep. 2025
Lake Bluff has a home rule sales tax of 1 %, which is collected on all goods with the exception of groceries.
—Daniel I. Dorfman, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
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Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
The stadium funding package included a reduction in a sales tax administrative fee the state charges the city and county that is intended to help cover the annual payments.
—Ricardo Torres, jsonline.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Saturday's game against Arkansas State University could be the Razorbacks' very last Little Rock game -- a loss that local commerce officials say will be measurable for Little Rock's sales tax revenue.
—Arkansas Online, 3 Sep. 2025
Lake Bluff has a home rule sales tax of 1 %, which is collected on all goods with the exception of groceries.
—Daniel I. Dorfman, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sales tax
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In other words, the label matters not just for income tax, but for information returns, penalties and foreign reporting responsibilities as well.—
Virginia La Torre Jeker,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Companies also weigh the availability of skilled workers and hiring expenses shaped by housing costs and income tax rates.—
Tina Chen,
Mercury News,
12 Sep. 2025
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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
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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
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These interest rules apply if, in a single tax year, the related CFC payer incurs both interest expense that is eligible for the section 954(c)(6) exception (section 954(c)(6) interest expense) and other interest expense.—
Carrie Brandon Elliot,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Democrats have proposed reducing state tax deductions for people earning more than $300,000 to $1,000 for single tax return filers and $2,000 for joint filers, which is estimated would raise $95 million a year.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Aug. 2025
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Miami-Dade’s fire union fought Levine Cava over her plan to stop using a countywide property tax to fund four Fire Rescue helicopters that land throughout Miami-Dade.—
Douglas Hanks,
Miami Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
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The prime minister has now lost two senior officials in a week, after his deputy, Angela Rayner, resigned Friday over her failure to pay enough property tax.—
Christian Edwards,
CNN Money,
11 Sep. 2025
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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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Non-qualified earnings face the 30% withholding tax for NRAs, plus a 10% penalty if under 59½, unless an exception applies.—
Virginia La Torre Jeker,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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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
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That deal was struck in lieu of a retaliatory capital tax on foreign investors that was passed in the House version of the bill but was later removed by the Senate.—
Tobias Burns,
The Hill,
18 Sep. 2025
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The protests, called Make Billionaires Pay, have been planned to coincide with world leaders coming to New York for the UN General Assembly and Climate Week and seek to make billionaires pay higher tax, support the climate and protect migrants.—
Kate Plummer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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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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