How to Use ad valorem in a Sentence

ad valorem

adjective
  • The district’s intent was to ask for an ad valorem tax, not a sales tax.
    David Taylor, Houston Chronicle, 28 Apr. 2018
  • The ad valorem increase would raise about $33 million for the school system, officials said.
    Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 5 Aug. 2020
  • The ad valorem city tax is about 30% of your tax bill, with county and school taxes accounting for similar amounts.
    Nick Sortal, sun-sentinel.com, 14 Oct. 2021
  • For instance: ad valorem taxes (down $9.0 million year over year.
    Roy S. Johnson | Rjohnson@al.com, al, 30 Mar. 2021
  • The first asked voters to allow the extension of a levy of an ad valorem tax that is not to exceed 1 mill for six years, starting this year, to pay for police and fire services.
    Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 11 Mar. 2020
  • Design of this plate doesn’t change and registrant is exempt from registration fees and ad valorem taxes for the first plate.
    Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 3 June 2022
  • The theme park giant has already paid the ad valorem taxes on all the properties, as required by Florida law to challenge an assessment.
    Stephen Hudak, Orlando Sentinel, 28 June 2022
  • This type of deed does not affect the transferor’s homestead rights, their right to transfer or encumber the property, or their ad valorem tax exemptions.
    Wesley E. Wright, Houston Chronicle, 16 Apr. 2020
  • Besides the three council seats, a special election is being held on Oct. 8 for city residents to decide whether to renew ad valorem taxes for Birmingham City Schools.
    Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al, 6 Aug. 2019
  • The district itself has the ability to levy ad valorem taxes at a higher millage rate than the neighboring counties and to issue bonds to fund construction and other kind of projects within the boundaries.
    Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 1 June 2022
  • According to Parker, the agreement stipulates that each school system will receive ad valorem taxes from residences within the boundaries of their system and share the 1-cent sales tax.
    Paul Gattis, AL.com, 8 Sep. 2017
  • The amendment permits the presence or production of oil to be considered when assessing the fair market value of a well for ad valorem property tax purposes.
    Bloomberg.com, 4 Nov. 2020
  • Instead of creating a rainy-day fund overseen by the state, lawmakers gave local communities in Colorado the power to impose a substantive property tax — or ad valorem levy — on what flows out of the well.
    Judith Kohler, The Denver Post, 18 Aug. 2019
  • The Birmingham Industrial Development Board last month agreed to abate noneducational ad valorem and sales and use taxes for 10 years for the project.
    William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 22 Nov. 2021
  • The legislation extends the number of years that churches or religious groups can be exempted from ad valorem taxes on potential construction land, so long as it is attached to the place of worship.
    Cayla Harris, San Antonio Express-News, 1 Jan. 2022
  • Seminole expects to collect an additional $8.9 million in ad valorem revenues for the county’s general fund over this current fiscal year, which ends on Thursday.
    Martin E. Comas, orlandosentinel.com, 28 Sep. 2021
  • Senate Bill 98 provides authority to counties to abate ad valorem taxes for certain projects that qualify for the incentives under the Alabama Jobs Act.
    William Thornton, AL.com, 7 Feb. 2018
  • City officials, during the budget presentation, noted that your property, ad valorem tax, pays just under half of the general fund money.
    Nick Sortal, sun-sentinel.com, 17 Oct. 2019
  • The jump in values resulted in Seminole collecting an additional $8.9 million in ad valorem revenues for the county’s general fund.
    Martin E. Comas, orlandosentinel.com, 28 July 2021
  • Voters also approved the renewal of the ad valorem taxes benefiting Birmingham City Schools.
    Anna Beahm | Abeahm@al.com, al, 9 Oct. 2019
  • The $600 million limit marks the amount Humble Independent School District determined could be included in the bond package without increasing ad valorem taxes.
    Melanie Feuk, Houston Chronicle, 8 Dec. 2017
  • Foote said the better approach is to increase the effective severance tax rate in Colorado by reducing the credits the industry can take, which currently includes applying 87.5 percent of the ad valorem tax as an offset to severance tax owed.
    Judith Kohler, The Denver Post, 18 Aug. 2019
  • Orange County currently funds Lynx from ad valorem (property taxes).
    Scott Maxwell, OrlandoSentinel.com, 24 May 2018
  • Birmingham residents will be electing three city councilors and voting on the renewal of existing ad valorem (property) taxes that benefit Birmingham City Schools.
    Anna Beahm | Abeahm@al.com, al, 8 Oct. 2019
  • Allows voters to consider a constitutional amendment authorizing cooperative endeavor agreements between local governmental subdivisions and other entities that call for payments in lieu of ad valorem taxes.
    Washington Examiner, 17 June 2020

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