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Recent Examples of poll tax
And paid two dollars for his poll tax.
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CBS News, 5 May 2021
In 1924, the doctor gamely paid his poll tax.
—Lee Drutman, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2022
According to Erin Geiger-Smith, author of the new book Thank You for Voting, those seeking to suppress the vote used to rely on explicitly discriminatory laws, such as ones requiring voters to pay a poll tax or others that made Native Americans ineligible to vote.
—Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 3 Nov. 2020
But in each of these cases, the men who took over had been long-serving and high-ranking members of their predecessors’ administrations, and (with the exception of Major’s abandonment of the highly unpopular poll tax) largely continued the policy program on which their predecessor had been elected.
—Laura Beers, CNN, 24 Oct. 2022
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CBS News, 5 May 2021
In 1924, the doctor gamely paid his poll tax.
—Lee Drutman, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2022
According to Erin Geiger-Smith, author of the new book Thank You for Voting, those seeking to suppress the vote used to rely on explicitly discriminatory laws, such as ones requiring voters to pay a poll tax or others that made Native Americans ineligible to vote.
—Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 3 Nov. 2020
But in each of these cases, the men who took over had been long-serving and high-ranking members of their predecessors’ administrations, and (with the exception of Major’s abandonment of the highly unpopular poll tax) largely continued the policy program on which their predecessor had been elected.
—Laura Beers, CNN, 24 Oct. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for poll tax
Noun
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Some taxpayers, the IRS said, may receive their income tax refunds a few days earlier.—
Susan Tompor,
USA TODAY,
25 Feb. 2025
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The new tax benefit for mothers of two or three (mothers of four are already exempt from income tax) will be phased in gradually from January.—
Mark Joseph,
Newsweek,
24 Feb. 2025
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But there has to be a better way to do this and part of that is reforming New York City’s very kooky property tax structure, where Con Ed pays more to City Hall than anyone else and then has to charge higher fees to customers.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
15 Feb. 2025
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On the business front, Maybank wrote, there could be more rebates for corporate tax, as well as rebates on property tax for commercial properties.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
14 Feb. 2025
Noun
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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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For calendar year 2023, Clarendon Hills had total sales tax revenues of $1,235,448, meaning that its grocery tax revenue was about $370,600.—
Chuck Fieldman,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Feb. 2025
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Elk Grove relies heavily on sales tax revenues — the city’s largest individual revenue source.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacramento Bee,
14 Feb. 2025
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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
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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
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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
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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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Tariffs are a tax on goods exchanged between countries.—
Steve Gardner,
USA TODAY,
17 Feb. 2025
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Since just about the Stone Age — say, the 1990s — Republicans have called for replacing the income tax with a consumption tax, for defunding USAID, for abolishing the Department of Education, and for reforming Social Security.—
Amity Shlaes,
National Review,
17 Feb. 2025
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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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“Poll tax.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poll%20tax. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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