How to Use sales tax in a Sentence

sales tax

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• On that day, the 4% sales tax rate on groceries will go down to 3%.
  — William Thornton | [e-mail], al, 1 Sep. 2023
• The city will pay for the bonds by extending a 1-cent sales tax.
  — Mike Jones, Arkansas Online, 12 July 2023
• The city does have two sales tax programs that are due to expire in the next year.
  — Kerria Weaver, The Arizona Republic, 9 July 2024
• The deficits could also mean raising the city's sales tax rate, which sits at 2.3%.
  — Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 29 Feb. 2024
• If passed, the sales tax would raise roughly $1 billion over the next 30 years for parks and arts.
  — Mark Arax, New York Times, 1 June 2023
• Buyers must pay sales tax on the whole piece of clothing.
  — Sean McDonnell, cleveland, 1 Aug. 2022
• The most recent was Measure M, the half-cent sales tax hike that was approved in 2016.
  — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2023
• Most cities in San Diego County have a sales tax rate of 7.75 percent.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2023
• The sales tax on a pack of cigarettes will increase by $1.25, to $5 per pack.
  — Katie Shepherd, Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2024
• The sales tax rate will drop in South Dakota and New Mexico.
  — Geoff Mulvihill and David A. Lieb, BostonGlobe.com, 1 July 2023
• In Olympia, a small addition to the sales tax is keeping the buses free.
  — Tom Condon, Hartford Courant, 17 July 2022
• The state's sales tax revenue gains in June were broad-based compared to a year ago, said Shelnutt.
  — Michael R. Wickline, Arkansas Online, 6 July 2023
• In contrast, the top 20% only see their income lowered 1.5% by the sales tax.
  — Dallas News, 30 Jan. 2023
• But much of the other half of the funding will come from local sales tax revenues.
  — Daniel Borenstein, The Mercury News, 11 May 2024
• That’s the year voters approved the Measure U sales tax increase.
  — Theresa Clift, Sacramento Bee, 2 Feb. 2024
• And our session in Michigan added a 6 percent sales tax, which of course varies by state.
  — Joey Capparella, Car and Driver, 18 Aug. 2022
• The sale of delta 8 products is subject to state sales tax, which has contributed to the state's revenue.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 8 Sep. 2023
• If passed, the bill would impose a use and sales tax on the retail sale of ammunition.
  — Louis Casiano, Fox News, 12 Jan. 2024
• That is in addition to a 9% state sales tax and any local sales taxes that get tacked on.
  — Jonathan Turley, WSJ, 23 Sep. 2022
• Those include state sales tax, a tax that goes to the city where the dispensary is located and a tax based on the THC level in the cannabis.
  — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 16 Feb. 2023
• On top of that, the county does not expect new growth in the 2025 sales tax budget, according to the letter.
  — Tim Clouser | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 19 June 2024
• The state sales tax on gasoline will rise slightly starting Aug. 1 even though pump prices have dropped more than 11% from a month ago.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 20 July 2022
• One bright spot in Connecticut’s tax structure is its sales tax, which ranked in the middle of all states, at 23rd.
  — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 11 July 2024
• Williams added that the 13 member cities pay $.01 of their sales tax into the DART system, but don’t know what is spent in each member city.
  — Myah Taylor, Dallas News, 23 Mar. 2023
• Imagine that — a 23 percent retail sales tax that makes prices go down.
  — Robert Goulder, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2023
• Local sales tax may still apply, though most cities and counties have waived those as well.
  — Leada Gore | [e-mail], al, 14 July 2022
• The bill tries to dodge this with a provision that would end the sales tax in seven years unless the 16th Amendment is repealed.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 20 Jan. 2023
• Some Lemon Grove leaders feel there’s an answer: Get a local sales tax.
  — Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 July 2023
• Voters must decide whether to approve Measure N and who should manage city finances with or without the additional sales tax revenue.
  — East Bay Times Editorial, The Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2024
• Given that tariffs are paid by U.S. importers and those costs have historically been passed on to consumers, Trump’s strategy appears to be based around a notion of replacing income tax revenue with a kind of invisible sales tax.
  — Rebecca Picciotto, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 12 Nov 2024