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Recent Examples of sales tax
That underperformance works out to more than $60 million in tax revenues Denver may be missing out on this year based on its sales tax rate of 4.81%, according to a Denver Post calculation.
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Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 31 Oct. 2024
The county faces a $1 billion capital projects backlog, an unexpected sales tax shortfall, looming departmental fiscal cliffs and the knock-on effect of the Sheriff's Office's struggles to rein in its overtime spending.
—Vanessa Swales, Journal Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2024
The big picture: Al Gore, a Democrat, and Bill Frist, a Republican, have also endorsed the transportation funding proposal, which would raise the city's sales tax by half a cent.
—Nate Rau, Axios, 21 Oct. 2024
After adding in the state and local sales tax, plus the DMV and dealer fees, the out the door and in your garage total purchase price came to: $94,061.
—Tony Leopardo, The Mercury News, 20 Oct. 2024
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Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 31 Oct. 2024
The county faces a $1 billion capital projects backlog, an unexpected sales tax shortfall, looming departmental fiscal cliffs and the knock-on effect of the Sheriff's Office's struggles to rein in its overtime spending.
—Vanessa Swales, Journal Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2024
The big picture: Al Gore, a Democrat, and Bill Frist, a Republican, have also endorsed the transportation funding proposal, which would raise the city's sales tax by half a cent.
—Nate Rau, Axios, 21 Oct. 2024
After adding in the state and local sales tax, plus the DMV and dealer fees, the out the door and in your garage total purchase price came to: $94,061.
—Tony Leopardo, The Mercury News, 20 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sales tax
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Trump has suggested cutting the corporate tax rate and has floated some income tax cuts too.Li Zhou, Vox, 6 Nov. 2024
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Without changes from Congress, the income tax brackets will revert to 10%, 15%, 25%, 28%, 33%, 35% and 39.6% after 2025.Kate Dore, CFP®, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
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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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By unifying the nation under a single tax regime, GST streamlined the complex web of indirect taxes and brought about greater transparency and efficiency in the system.Pankaj Vasani, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
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In 2018, then-Senator Harris proposed a refundable tax credit for lower- and middle-income families, which would have provided cash payments of two hundred and fifty dollars a month for single tax filers and five hundred dollars a month for married couples.John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024
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And Seattle voters will weigh in on a $1.55 billion transportation levy, the largest property tax measure in city history.Melissa Santos, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
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Georgia is one of eight states with property tax measures on the ballot.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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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 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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Long term interest rates, such as mortgage rates overall, Zandi said, would end up higher because Trump's tariff, immigration and tax policies would fuel inflation and bigger budget deficits.Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2024
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But President Biden's climate law may still reverberate through the tax code.Nick Sobczyk, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
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Among a litany of measures, including a major change to the government’s fiscal rules, Reeves is reported to be considering a sin tax raid.Sam Meredith, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2024
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Separately, the Browns, who still have more than half of their $92 million sin tax allocation remaining, are likely to receive $3.4 million from the City of Cleveland for repairs, cleveland.com reported previously.Lucas Daprile, cleveland, 30 Aug. 2023
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“Sales tax.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sales%20tax. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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