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Recent Examples of value-added tax
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.
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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
In the 18 months of the pandemic, more than half of the revenue for local governments have come from property, as corporate-income and value-added tax receipts declined.
—John Lee, WSJ, 6 Oct. 2021
Under the region’s customs union, imports of pasta face a tariff of 20% and also value-added tax of 15%.
—The Economist, 15 Mar. 2018
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
In the 18 months of the pandemic, more than half of the revenue for local governments have come from property, as corporate-income and value-added tax receipts declined.
—John Lee, WSJ, 6 Oct. 2021
Under the region’s customs union, imports of pasta face a tariff of 20% and also value-added tax of 15%.
—The Economist, 15 Mar. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for value-added 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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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
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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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Innamorato said the Regional Asset District — funded by the county's 1% sales tax — is contributing $5 million to the project.—
Ryan Deto,
Axios,
6 Feb. 2025
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Fireworks aren’t the only item the council is using from the $74.5 million in Apple sales tax.—
Stephanie Lam,
The Mercury News,
6 Feb. 2025
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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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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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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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State Senate Republicans called Tuesday for tax cuts of $1,000 for middle-class families that would be paid partly by a two-year wage freeze on unionized state employees.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
4 Feb. 2025
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“Value-added tax.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/value-added%20tax. Accessed 15 Feb. 2025.
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