property tax

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Recent Examples of property tax To buy the West Wind Motel, the city will use funds from Measure G, a property tax voters approved in 2012, the report stated. Theresa Clift, Sacramento Bee, 20 Feb. 2025 Thus New Yorkers, from Hochul on down, direct their ire to Con Ed instead of the City Council and the mayor who set the property tax rates. New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 15 Feb. 2025 This limitation is part of the longstanding Save Our Homes program, which provides additional property tax relief. David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Feb. 2025 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 See All Example Sentences for property tax
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Noun
  • Some taxpayers, the IRS said, may receive their income tax refunds a few days earlier.
    Susan Tompor, USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2025
  • 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
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
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • Those who are considering travel have many options other than the state that would have the highest sales tax rate in the country.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 2 Mar. 2025
  • Chao added that the city missed out on the chance to acquire $77 millions in sales tax dollars from The Rise last year.
    Stephanie Lam, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 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
  • As legislators in Jackson prepare to work out the differences between the House and Senate tax cut plans over the next month, Governor Tate Reeves (R) recently expressed his preference for the House proposal and a belief that the Senate plan doesn’t go far enough.
    Patrick Gleason, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
  • Most Popular Most Popular Gov. Wes Moore pitches tax plan as defense against Trump.
    Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 1 Mar. 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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