How to Use sales tax in a Sentence

sales tax

noun
  • On that day, the 4% sales tax rate on groceries will go down to 3%.
    William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, 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
  • There’s a 12% sales tax on tractors and trailers, a weight tax for heavy trucks and a tax on large tires.
    David Harrison, WSJ, 26 Jan. 2022
  • The sales tax rate will drop in South Dakota and New Mexico.
    Geoff Mulvihill and David A. Lieb, BostonGlobe.com, 1 July 2023
  • Much of the new total comes from a steady stream of sales tax, according to the report.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2022
  • Chao added that the city missed out on the chance to acquire $77 millions in sales tax dollars from The Rise last year.
    Stephanie Lam, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2025
  • In Olympia, a small addition to the sales tax is keeping the buses free.
    Tom Condon, Hartford Courant, 17 July 2022
  • Each payment is equal to 30% of the sales tax revenue generated to the city by the project.
    Noel Oman, Arkansas Online, 5 May 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
  • The city’s 3% portion of its overall 10% sales tax rate is subject to the rebate.
    al, 5 Feb. 2022
  • 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
  • The plan outlines which projects a potential 1-cent sales tax would pay for.
    Laura Barrero, Axios, 9 Dec. 2024
  • The company also covers the sales tax for tampons in the states that charge it.
    Jenae Barnes, Forbes, 25 June 2022
  • 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
  • The new agreement is for a total rebate of $2.5 million in sales tax.
    Steve Lord, chicagotribune.com, 2 Nov. 2021
  • If passed, the bill would impose a use and sales tax on the retail sale of ammunition.
    Louis Casiano, Fox News, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Brown said his aim would be to lower the sales tax rate if it were applied to a broader range of spending.
    From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2021
  • Depending on the state, this sales tax can add between 1.5 and 7 percent to their cost.
    Gwyneth Paltrow, CBS News, 8 May 2022
  • The restaurants already pay sales tax on total revenues.
    The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, arkansasonline.com, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Alaska has no statewide income or sales tax and instead relies on oil revenue, which has declined in recent years.
    Emily Schwing, ProPublica, 4 Mar. 2025

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