single tax

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Recent Examples of single tax This strategy, involves clustering donations in a single tax year to surpass the standard deduction and make itemizing worthwhile. James Brewer, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024 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 By unifying the nation under a single tax regime, GST streamlined the complex web of indirect taxes and brought about greater transparency and efficiency in the system. Pankaj Vasani, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024 In 2018, then-Senator Harris proposed a refundable tax credit for lower- and middle-income families, which would have provided cash payments of two hundred and fifty dollars a month for single tax filers and five hundred dollars a month for married couples. John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024 See All Example Sentences for single tax
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Noun
  • The president views tariff revenues as a way to help offset the budget deficit increases tied to his recent income tax cuts and generate more domestic factory jobs.
    Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 30 July 2025
  • The administration has pushed for tariffs as a way to navigate the budget deficit amid income tax cuts and to boost domestic manufacturing jobs, but analysts have warned that American consumers will be the ones taking on the price hikes.
    Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 July 2025
Noun
  • And just to add to the confusion, the charges will appear on your property tax bill, with refunds or credits not appearing until at least your fiscal 2027 property tax bill.
    Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Aug. 2025
  • Up next, an ABC News investigation into how Americans in majority non-white neighborhoods are facing higher property tax bills.
    ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • Lansing stalls on funding Under the bills the Michigan House has passed, its public safety trust fund would dedicate $115 million in state sales tax revenue annually that police departments could use to recruit new officers or buy equipment.
    Andrea May Sahouri, Freep.com, 25 July 2025
  • The state currently has an exemption from November through April; however, the state's 5% sales tax rate applies for the remainder of the year.
    Jessie Opoien, jsonline.com, 22 July 2025
Noun
  • The excise tax on funders—with withholding tax enforcement on lawyers—was intended in part to curb litigation.
    Robert W. Wood, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
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
  • 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
Noun
  • And in the 1990s, after the Court of International Trade struck down a tax on exporters that was being used to finance improvements to U.S. harbors, the court set up a process for issuing refunds.
    Jan Wolfe, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2025
  • The city also chooses locations based on where tax incremental financing is available, Muhs said.
    Sofia Joseph, jsonline.com, 4 Aug. 2025

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