How to Use tax burden in a Sentence

tax burden

noun
  • The tax burden is now higher than at any time since the end of World War II.
    Dominic Green, Washington Examiner, 12 Jan. 2024
  • The higher your income is, the lower the tax burden will be.
    Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2023
  • In his plan, Biden is overtly declaring that the wealthy ought to shoulder a heavier tax burden.
    Chris Megerian and Josh Boak, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Mar. 2023
  • But Democrats say the governor’s plan shifts the tax burden off the wealthy and onto those with lower incomes.
    Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2024
  • But as time goes on, the faster rate of growth eventually overcomes the lower tax burden.
    Adam A. Millsap, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
  • The tax burden is lowest in Alaska, which has no state income tax and whose sales and excise taxes rank 46th.
    Andrew Sheeler, Sacramento Bee, 8 Apr. 2024
  • Other tech founders have left for cheaper cities with less of a tax burden and lower rents, such as Miami and Austin.
    Trisha Thadani, Anchorage Daily News, 16 June 2023
  • Others spoke about the tax burden shift as a way to solve historical inequities.
    Sam Janesch, Baltimore Sun, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Business groups have complained the exemptions Patrick is advocating for on homes shift more of the tax burden to them.
    Robert T. Garrett, Dallas News, 2 June 2023
  • Before his death in 1983, her dad came up with a plan to pass the team to McCaskey, his only living child, without saddling her with a heavy tax burden.
    Ira Boudway, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2024
  • So do his promises of boosting pensions and relieving the tax burden.
    Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Decreasing their tax burden in a free market would force them to lower rents to attract tenants.
    Robert T. Garrett, Dallas News, 11 July 2023
  • While income inequality in Guatemala is among the highest in Latin America, its tax burden is among the lowest and consumers bear the brunt of it.
    Sandra Cuffe, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Aug. 2023
  • The 2023 tax burden, meanwhile, was higher than in the previous year but the company expects that pressure on earnings to ease in the future.
    Anna Cooban, CNN, 13 Mar. 2024
  • In all, his budget would essentially leave the state’s tax burden flat if all measures were adopted together.
    Molly Beck, Journal Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Denmark’s total tax burden as a share of gross domestic product is also nearly twice as high as the American.
    Marshall Ingwerson, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Feb. 2024
  • The upside of a high interest payment The standard deduction is a specific dollar amount set each year by the IRS that filers can use to reduce their tax burden.
    Rob Wile, NBC News, 27 Jan. 2024
  • That means that middle- and lower-income workers shoulder a much bigger tax burden in funding Social Security than the 6% who earn above that amount.
    Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 5 May 2023
  • Americans have flocked to these accounts as a way to chase Bitcoin’s gains over the long term and to, hopefully, more rapidly grow a retirement nest egg while reducing their tax burden.
    The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 Aug. 2023
  • The tax burden refers to the property individual income, sales and excise tax as a share of personal income.
    Lindsey Holden, Sacramento Bee, 13 Feb. 2024
  • But without additional laws, some companies can find ways to reduce their tax burden below what’s allowed under the terms of the agreement.
    Julie Zauzmer Weil, Washington Post, 5 July 2023
  • WalletHub’s report calculated what the tax burden would be on the median income earner across the country.
    Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 23 Mar. 2023
  • That shifts the tax burden commercial and industrial property owners, as well as renters, Widenhouse said.
    Jeff Amy, Fortune, 22 Jan. 2024
  • Other Taxes To Consider A zero or low-rate state income tax doesn't necessarily mean that your overall tax burden in those states is smaller.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2023
  • My top issue is maintaining a budget that provides the first-tier services and amenities residents expect, without increasing the tax burden.
    Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Apr. 2024
  • For example, WalletHub ranks California at #12 and Florida at #46 in overall tax burden by state.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Under the settlement, the state agreed to pare the tax burden back gradually through 2026 and boost annual supplement payments to mitigate the industries’ losses.
    Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Senate Bill 114 would reduce tax credits paid to oil companies, thereby increasing their overall tax burden.
    Sean Maguire, Anchorage Daily News, 10 May 2023
  • Our low tax burden, AAA credit rating and great business environment have attracted families, businesses and retirees alike, but so too is the fact that Florida is the law and order state.
    Sentinel Staff, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, and Oklahoma tax groceries at the ordinary sales tax rate but provide a credit or rebate to lower-income households intended to offset the tax burden.
    John Sharp, al, 17 Apr. 2023

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