property tax

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Recent Examples of property tax The annual council rate (or property tax) is around $1,916 (3,186 AUD). Roxana Popescu, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025 Residents will not see a property tax rate increase if the bond passes. Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Apr. 2025 The program will dole out $13.6 million in unrestricted cash payments to eligible households at or below 100% of the area median income that have seen their property tax bills go up by at least 50% in any year since 2022. A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 10 Apr. 2025 Complicating a reelection bid is that O'Connell is likely to propose a substantial property tax increase in the coming months. Nate Rau, Axios, 7 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for property tax
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Noun
  • Unless Congress acts, income tax rates will rise across the board.
    Ryan Ellis, Boston Herald, 12 Apr. 2025
  • As Washington raises prices on everything for everybody, in Maryland, our income tax reform plan will ensure that 94% of Marylanders either get a tax cut or see no change in their taxes.
    Wes Moore, Baltimore Sun, 12 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The payments sent back $250 to single tax filers and $375 to head-of-household filers.
    Chris McKenna, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
  • 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
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
  • Zhao points to instances where companies have threatened governments or regions with economic consequences, such as withholding tax revenue, if regulations are imposed.
    Hessie Jones, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
  • Under an amendment to the federal law effective Jan. 3, the social security withholding tax of 5.85 percent is being levied against the first $13,200 of salaries and wages.
    Bernice Hoffman, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Trump's across-the-board tariffs will function like a national sales tax, driving up the cost of everyday necessities, including the food, medicine, clothing, and other essentials that families rely on just to get by.
    Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Call it a roughly 15% national sales tax that someone has to pay.
    Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 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
  • Semiconductors power most of the technology products of today’s ecosystem, and industry observers warned the cost could trickle down to consumers should Trump decide to impose an import tax on the chips or the products that host them.
    Julia Shapero, The Hill, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Motorists, who make up the vast majority of transportation users, contribute 75% of the funding through the gas tax, other taxes and fees.
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 18 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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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