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Recent Examples of sin tax
The county will pay about $138 million, using bed tax, sin tax and general fund dollars.
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Lucas Daprile, cleveland, 30 Aug. 2023
However, since the 1990s, the sin tax has struggled to keep pace with stadium upgrades, which often exceed their budget.
—Lucas Daprile, cleveland, 19 Aug. 2023
About 27% favored an extension of the sin tax to pay for improvements, while about 19% favored raising the tax, if it is needed to pay for construction.
—Courtney Astolfi, cleveland, 22 Nov. 2022
And the roughly $6.25 million collected in sin tax revenues thus far this year is already spoken for.
—Courtney Astolfi, cleveland, 4 Aug. 2020
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Lucas Daprile, cleveland, 30 Aug. 2023
However, since the 1990s, the sin tax has struggled to keep pace with stadium upgrades, which often exceed their budget.
—Lucas Daprile, cleveland, 19 Aug. 2023
About 27% favored an extension of the sin tax to pay for improvements, while about 19% favored raising the tax, if it is needed to pay for construction.
—Courtney Astolfi, cleveland, 22 Nov. 2022
And the roughly $6.25 million collected in sin tax revenues thus far this year is already spoken for.
—Courtney Astolfi, cleveland, 4 Aug. 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sin tax
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The move was part of an overhaul aimed at eventually phasing out the state's individual income tax altogether which also extended the state sales tax to more services.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
7 Feb. 2025
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Residents of these remote villages rely on VITA to prepare free income tax returns.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes,
7 Feb. 2025
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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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Academics argue that while the government needs to find ways to raise money, that could come from taxing excess profits rather than a single tax that applies to all employers, big and small.—
Prarthana Prakash,
Fortune Europe,
26 Nov. 2024
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This would allow homeowners and farm owners to exclude a portion of their property's value from taxation, effectively lowering their property tax bills.—
Claire Dickey,
Newsweek,
4 Feb. 2025
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Senate Bill 1 would accomplish a number of the property tax reforms that Gov. Mike Braun campaigned on.—
Alexandra Kukulka,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Feb. 2025
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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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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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Innamorato said the Regional Asset District — funded by the county's 1% sales tax — is contributing $5 million to the project.—
Ryan Deto,
Axios,
6 Feb. 2025
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Fireworks aren’t the only item the council is using from the $74.5 million in Apple sales tax.—
Stephanie Lam,
The Mercury News,
6 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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Additional state tax dollars would be spent defending legal challenges that will be brought against the enforcement of the law.—
Anders Fogh Rasmussen,
Newsweek,
4 Feb. 2025
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The good news is that Trump does not need to spend American tax dollars to show goodwill toward North Korea’s supreme leader.—
Seung-Whan Choi,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Feb. 2025
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