How to Use property tax in a Sentence

property tax

noun
  • The House is scheduled to vote on the property tax bills Thursday.
    Philip Jankowski, Dallas News, 12 July 2023
  • Since the last time the district increased its property tax rate in 1990, the rate has decreased over the years.
    Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2024
  • Dallas’ property tax rate is among the highest of major cities in the state.
    Dallas News, 28 Sep. 2022
  • Someone who has owned such a home for decades might pay just $1,000 in property tax.
    John Seiler, Orange County Register, 16 Apr. 2024
  • The appraisals will affect 2024 property tax bills that go out later in the year.
    Bill Lukitsch, Kansas City Star, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Eddie had to get a payment plan to pay his property tax bill this year.
    Haeven Gibbons, Dallas News, 28 Aug. 2023
  • And as home values rise, so, too, do property tax rates.
    Becca Stanek, theweek, 9 Aug. 2024
  • Google is getting something new in the mail this fall: a big Oregon property tax bill.
    oregonlive, 8 Nov. 2022
  • Roth: The voters of Carefree voted down a property tax last year 80% to 20%.
    Sam Kmack, The Arizona Republic, 9 July 2024
  • The bulk of the city’s operating revenue comes from sales and property tax.
    Joe Tash, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2022
  • Of all cities and townships in the state, Dearborn has the 15th-highest property tax rate, according to MLive.com.
    Sarah Raza, Detroit Free Press, 22 June 2022
  • In Wisconsin, the personal property tax makes up a very small part of the state's revenue.
    Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 26 June 2023
  • The result meant that those hospitals are now back on property tax rolls.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2024
  • Tax-shifting ahead To be sure, the bedrock of most municipal finance is the property tax.
    Joseph Mysak Jr., Fortune, 10 Feb. 2024
  • Almost 30% of that money — about $1 billion — came from the property tax.
    Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun, 20 June 2024
  • Other states — such as New York — offered tax relief in the form of property tax or child care rebates.
    Susan Tompor, USA TODAY, 9 Feb. 2023
  • In the ruling last week, Jones said cutting the property tax rate is the jurisdiction of the mayor and City Council.
    Dillon Mullan, Baltimore Sun, 16 July 2024
  • As Chicagoans face down a holiday deadline to pay their property tax bills, Ald.
    Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 15 Dec. 2022
  • And Texas voters approved a property tax cut for some day care centers.
    Moriah Balingit, Quartz, 8 Feb. 2024
  • At the same time, Potter voted against her district's 40.7-mill property tax rate that was on her ballot.
    Cynthia Howell, arkansasonline.com, 4 Dec. 2023
  • The debt from those bonds is paid by local property tax assessments.
    Mercury News & East Bay Times Editorial, The Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2024
  • And at least a dozen states are considering property tax cuts.
    Byalicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Our $460 a month fee includes the property tax, water, sewer, trash, and snow removal.
    Linda Greenstein, BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2022
  • Kaegi put some blame on the county’s Board of Review, which hears property tax appeals.
    A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2024
  • The state ranks in the bottom ten for property tax (No. 41) and unemployment insurance tax (No. 49).
    Alexa Gagosz, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Jan. 2023
  • Find property tax rates in your community, and see trends since 2010.
    Zachary Smith, cleveland, 6 Feb. 2023
  • The money would then be used to provide property tax relief to local residents, who have seen their tax rates rise over the past decade.
    Alison Burdo, ProPublica, 2 June 2022
  • Costin claimed such a setup might funnel $220 million worth of property tax revenue to the Bears over a ten-year period.
    Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 29 Sep. 2022
  • The new budget includes about $38.9 million more in property tax revenue than last year.
    Megan Stringer, Axios, 19 Sep. 2024
  • Last week, a Georgia judge rejected an agreement that would have provided a huge property tax break to build the plant.
    Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2022

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