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Recent Examples of surtax
The government levies a surtax on prosperous seniors by boosting their Medicare premiums.
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William Baldwin, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
That lofts all your dividends into surtax category.
—William Baldwin, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024
The plans will see the top marginal income rate raised to 39.6 percent, from the current 37 percent, and the rate on two Medicare surtaxes increased from 3.8 percent to 5 percent for those earning more than $400,000.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Illinois In Illinois, voters will consider a proposal to create a 3% surtax on income over $1 million.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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William Baldwin, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
That lofts all your dividends into surtax category.
—William Baldwin, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024
The plans will see the top marginal income rate raised to 39.6 percent, from the current 37 percent, and the rate on two Medicare surtaxes increased from 3.8 percent to 5 percent for those earning more than $400,000.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Illinois In Illinois, voters will consider a proposal to create a 3% surtax on income over $1 million.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for surtax
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The steep slide that month came as Fed rhetoric was perceived as too hawkish for comfort, coinciding with concerns over tariff impacts.Michael Santoli, CNBC, 21 Dec. 2024
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The challenge with tariffs is typically it just gets passed on to the consumer.Hannah Pinski, The Enquirer, 20 Dec. 2024
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Early 2025 The city will hire the transit improvement plan’s chief program officer, according to the mayor's office. Feb. 1, 2025 The sales tax surcharge of a half cent per dollar will go into effect in Davidson County.Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 22 Dec. 2024
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Andrew Lipow, president of consulting firm Lipow Oil Associates, said a 25 percent tariff amounts to a surcharge of about 40 cents per gallon.Rachel Frazin, The Hill, 17 Dec. 2024
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Everyone understood that the latter included both excise taxes and tariff duties, and most anticipated that these levies would be the principal sources of federal revenue.Joseph Thorndike, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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To keep property taxes low for big business, for example, the governor had to raise sales and excise taxes just to pay for essential government functions.Brucie Porter / Made by History, TIME, 5 Dec. 2024
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To be sure, many drivers do not claim the mileage deduction on their federal income tax returns.Susan Tompor, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2024
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The bill introduced by Blessing and Smith would also have provided free breakfast and lunch in schools and increased the share of state income tax revenue going to the Local Government Fund and the Public Library Fund from 1.7% to 2%.J.D. Davidson | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 20 Dec. 2024
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And this is not even factoring in inevitable federal and state cuts that will have an outsized impact on our income and property tax assumptions.Tom Quirk, Baltimore Sun, 23 Dec. 2024
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That includes a $1,000 increase in the maximum homeowner property tax deduction that was previously unsuccessfully pitched by Democrats and an expansion of property tax deductions for seniors and disabled veterans — ideas previously floated by Republicans.Brittany Carloni, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Dec. 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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“Surtax.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surtax. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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