single tax

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Recent Examples of single tax Before state taxes, single tax filers face federal income taxes and payroll taxes for Social Security and Medicare. Mike Winters, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2025 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 The payments sent back $250 to single tax filers and $375 to head-of-household filers. Chris McKenna, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for single tax
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Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • In Delray Beach, almost all of our property tax goes to police and fire with additional revenue covering everything else.
    Delores Rangel, Sun Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Pappas has been one of the most vociferous critics of Tyler Technologies, the company that has been in charge of the rocky upgrade of the county’s property tax system, for more than a decade.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • How much did your community book in marijuana sales tax?
    Randy Tucker, Cincinnati Enquirer, 7 Feb. 2026
  • The city also has a number of road repair projects to complete — a central part of the previous sales tax pitch — and reserve accounts to strengthen.
    Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 7 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
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
  • 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
Noun
  • 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
  • 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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“Single tax.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/single%20tax. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.

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