single tax

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Recent Examples of single tax For instance, will the severance land in a single tax year and push your household into a higher bracket? Steve Hruby, Cincinnati Enquirer, 10 Nov. 2025 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 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 Before state taxes, single tax filers face federal income taxes and payroll taxes for Social Security and Medicare. Mike Winters, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for single tax
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Noun
  • Gregg Hull, a former three-term mayor of Rio Rancho on the outskirts of Albuquerque, wants New Mexico to join the ranks of states with no personal income tax like Texas and Wyoming.
    Morgan Lee, Fortune, 15 May 2026
  • The felony charges of wire fraud, income tax fraud, loan fraud and theft of between $500 and $10,000 were brought less than a month before an April 2025 village election in which Doneshia Codjoe challenged Monee’s incumbent mayor, Therese Bogs.
    Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2026
Noun
  • Tolls on federal roads might pay for it Zohran Mamdani's pied-à-terre property tax is moving ahead.
    Alex Harring, CNBC, 15 May 2026
  • Curt Peterson, an attorney representing the developer, told council members O’Reilly was seeking a sales tax exemption on construction materials and a 50% property tax abatement for 10 years.
    Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 15 May 2026
Noun
  • There was – there was a poll tax in Southern states.
    CBS News, CBS News, 4 May 2026
  • Akbar had already incorporated Hindus into the Mughal military and administrative system and abolished the jizyah (a poll tax historically levied on non-Muslims under Islamic law) as part of a policy of inclusion.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • While some of the sales tax changes were added to the budget, the section that reallocated some of the tax to tourism was not.
    P.R. Lockhart, Hartford Courant, 17 May 2026
  • Curt Peterson, an attorney representing the developer, told council members O’Reilly was seeking a sales tax exemption on construction materials and a 50% property tax abatement for 10 years.
    Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 15 May 2026
Noun
  • Once Vasquez applies for funding, Hataway’s department will determine the state’s contribution based on the amount of withholding tax, sales tax and athlete and entertainer tax revenues generated by the team last year, a Kehoe spokesperson previously told The Star.
    Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2026
  • The incentives include sales and use tax refunds, qualifying investment tax credits and withholding tax credits.
    Max Rego, The Hill, 12 Feb. 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
  • While some of the sales tax changes were added to the budget, the section that reallocated some of the tax to tourism was not.
    P.R. Lockhart, Hartford Courant, 17 May 2026
  • The rest of the production had been much harder—particularly because, to his frustration, he’d been forced to film primarily in Atlanta rather than in Oakland, after a year of maddening delays led to the production losing its California tax rebate.
    Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 17 May 2026

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“Single tax.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/single%20tax. Accessed 21 May. 2026.

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