How to Use single tax in a Sentence

single tax

noun
  • For example, single tax filers must have owned and lived in the house for at least 24 months of the past five years.
    Julia Carpenter, WSJ, 8 Oct. 2021
  • Lots of state-level levies have been replaced with a single tax.
    The Economist, 30 Aug. 2017
  • Again, retail sales taxes are the largest single tax source.
    Michael Taylor, ExpressNews.com, 7 July 2020
  • The special session crashed and burned because the House couldn't put together enough votes to pass a single tax bill.
    Julia O'Donoghue, NOLA.com, 6 Mar. 2018
  • People who know anything at all about Henry George know how to dismiss him in three words—the single tax!
    Marilynne Robinson, Harper's magazine, 10 June 2019
  • And with a few very minor exceptions, Republicans in Congress have not backed a single tax increase in three decades.
    Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 27 June 2022
  • Their concern echoed criticism by Gov. Larry Hogan (R), who has denounced the plan and labeled it the largest single tax increase in state history.
    Ovetta Wiggins, Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2020
  • But as a single tax filer or someone filing as head of household, the person might qualify based on a lower income now.
    Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 6 Apr. 2022
  • These were also the voters who had been most supportive of Prohibition, the single tax, and a ban on vaccinations.
    Longreads, 12 July 2018
  • Thursday’s announcement also marks the first time tax gap projections have been provided for single tax years.
    Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2023
  • One, the White House, House, Senate, have made a deliberate effort to work together towards a unified, single tax program plan.
    WSJ, 21 Aug. 2017
  • If approved by voters this November, his plan — Proposition HH — would constitute the largest single tax increase in state history.
    Ben Murrey, National Review, 20 Oct. 2023
  • As no single tax instrument, by itself, is likely to suffice, a number of incremental measures will be required.
    Antonio Weiss, The Denver Post, 14 Feb. 2020
  • The House budget resolution will not, by itself, deliver a single tax break to the one percent or close a single deduction beloved by a powerful interest group.
    Eric Levitz, Daily Intelligencer, 26 Oct. 2017
  • But since 1990, with a few minor and often temporary exceptions, Republicans in Congress have not voted for a single tax increase.
    Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 13 Mar. 2023
  • After more than a year of trying — and failing — to pack much of President Biden’s domestic agenda into a single tax-and-spend bill, Democrats appear to have finally found a winning combination.
    New York Times, 2 Aug. 2022
  • After more than a year of trying — and failing — to pack much of President Biden’s domestic agenda into a single tax-and-spend bill, Democrats appear to have finally found a workable combination.
    Jim Tankersley, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Aug. 2022
  • Florida currently gives companies the option of filing a single tax return, but according to the Department of Revenue, only 2% of corporate tax returns are filed that way.
    Caroline Glenn, orlandosentinel.com, 24 Feb. 2021
  • Instead of a single tax cut, Utah lawmakers have settled on approximately $100 million spread across three separate areas.
    Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune, 22 Feb. 2021
  • Economic stagnation and economic insecurity are grounded in political, cultural, and economic factors that are beyond the reach of any single tax bill or any single legislative reform.
    David French, National Review, 21 Dec. 2017
  • Prosecution witnesses included the tax preparer, Henry Timothy, who was cooperating with prosecutors after pleading guilty to a single tax charge.
    From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 28 July 2022

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