sales tax

noun

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Recent Examples of sales tax County commissioners said the sales tax would be off-limits to any new stadiums before it was renewed by voters in 2024. — Nicolas Villamil, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Aug. 2026 Atlanta voters approved the sales tax in 2016 to pay for transit improvements within the city. — Cbs News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026 Many states exempt data center servers and equipment from sales tax; whatever rule a state adopts must remain stable long enough for a project to be financed. — Mark Drapeau, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026 Voters across Lake County will have the opportunity to decide whether people shopping in the county will pay an additional 1% in sales tax at the cash register to benefit public schools for specific purposes. — Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for sales tax
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sales tax
  1. income tax
  2. poll tax
  3. property tax
  4. value-added tax
  5. withholding tax
  6. tax
  7. sin tax
  8. tariff
Noun
  • Eventually other studios start calculating a zero percent state income tax.
    — Joseph Kahn, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2026
  • However, the Illinois Policy Institute counters that a millionaire tax could open the door for higher taxes on thousands of local small businesses by generating an uptick in their marginal state income tax rate.
    — Claire Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of income tax
Noun
  • This bill would functionally impose a poll tax on American citizens.
    — Linh Tat, Oc Register, 5 May 2026
  • There was – there was a poll tax in Southern states.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 4 May 2026
Definition of poll tax
Noun
  • Fifty percent of the revenues collected from these tax increases would provide residential and commercial property tax relief, with the other 50% directed towards improving state funding for public education, the referendum details.
    — Claire Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Earlier this summer, the board capped the total amount that the government can collect in property tax dollars to $291 million in 2027.
    — Sofi Zeman August 31, Kansas City Star, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of property tax
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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
  • 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
Definition of value-added tax
Noun
  • Once Vasquez applies for funding, the Missouri department will determine the state’s contribution based on the amount of withholding tax, sales tax and athlete and entertainer tax revenues generated by the team last year, a Kehoe spokesperson previously told The Star.
    — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 10 June 2026
  • The incentives include sales and use tax refunds, qualifying investment tax credits and withholding tax credits.
    — Max Rego, The Hill, 12 Feb. 2026
Definition of withholding tax
Noun
  • This informational and educational article does not offer or constitute, and should not be relied upon as tax or financial advice.
    — Cicely Jones, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Grossman, the attorney representing Ream and Morris in the two cases, agrees that there was massive tax evasion when the ban was passed.
    — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of tax
Noun
  • Those drops, while beneficial for the population, aren’t great for sin tax revenues that depend on those behaviors.
    — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025
  • 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
Definition of sin tax
Noun
  • This is because the costs of maintaining a herd—feed, fertilizer and equipment—have gone up as a result of tariffs and drought, so fewer farmers breed cows for slaughter, which restricts beef supply.
    — Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Logitech shifted some production to Vietnam, Taiwan, Thailand, Malaysia, and Mexico in response to US tariffs, but China remains an important manufacturing base and an increasingly vital consumer market.
    — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of tariff

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