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Recent Examples of sales tax
In August 1990, voters in Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Denver, Douglas and Jefferson counties approved a 0.1% sales tax to help fund the $215 million ballpark.
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Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 6 Jan. 2025
The state already imposes its 6.5% sales tax rate on top of local sales taxes and the federal government’s 10% to 11% excise tax on firearms and ammunition.
—Tim Clouser | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 4 Jan. 2025
The crucial vote that created Miller Park In October 1995, despite strong objections from his constituents in Racine, Petak voted to support the 0.1% stadium sales tax for Milwaukee, Racine, Kenosha, Waukesha and Ozaukee counties.
—Rick Barrett, Journal Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
Remember, tariff is another word for tax–a sales tax, to be precise.
—Steve Forbes, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 6 Jan. 2025
The state already imposes its 6.5% sales tax rate on top of local sales taxes and the federal government’s 10% to 11% excise tax on firearms and ammunition.
—Tim Clouser | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 4 Jan. 2025
The crucial vote that created Miller Park In October 1995, despite strong objections from his constituents in Racine, Petak voted to support the 0.1% stadium sales tax for Milwaukee, Racine, Kenosha, Waukesha and Ozaukee counties.
—Rick Barrett, Journal Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
Remember, tariff is another word for tax–a sales tax, to be precise.
—Steve Forbes, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sales tax
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Minnesotans suffer under a high income tax rate, and Minnesota has lost tax-paying residents since 2019.—
Nicole Russell,
USA TODAY,
31 Jan. 2025
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Federal income tax is used to keep the country running, paying for expenses ranging from building and repairing the country's infrastructure, to providing education, public transportation and disaster relief.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
30 Jan. 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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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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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 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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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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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Monday the agency has long wasted tax dollars.—
Jackson Walker,
Baltimore Sun,
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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“Sales tax.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sales%20tax. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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