supertax

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  1. surtax
  2. tariff
  3. income tax
  4. excise
  5. property tax
  6. surcharge
Noun
  • Brown promised that surtax would be temporary, but later a coalition of public employee unions, led by the California Teachers Association, sponsored a ballot measure that extended it to 2030.
    — Dan Walters, Mercury News, 27 Aug. 2026
  • In Massachusetts, despite pessimistic predictions, a 2022 millionaire surtax saw revenue double the projections and the millionaire population grow, fears of a mass departure.
    — Teresa Ghilarducci, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
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  • 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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  • 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
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  • Meanwhile, Indiana went considerably further, temporarily suspending its fuel use and excise taxes.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026
  • In ordinary tax terminology, income, property, and estate taxes are often described as direct taxes, while sales, excise, and customs duties are generally characterized as indirect taxes.
    — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of excise
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  • 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
Noun
  • For instance, last year, Ontario briefly applied a 25% surcharge on electricity imports to the United States.
    — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Even if the surcharge caused higher-income residents to vacate their apartments (which likely are over 50 years old and in need of substantial rehab), the median rents probably exceed the 30% of income level of New Yorkers most in need of housing.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of surcharge
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“Supertax.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supertax. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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