direct tax

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Recent Examples of direct tax That means that if the state of New York makes up six percent of the US population, then exactly six percent of any direct tax imposed on the United States must be collected from New Yorkers. Ian Millhiser, Vox, 20 June 2024 The analysis found that the state receives just 11 cents back in direct tax revenue for every dollar spent, and 23 cents back when supply chain ripples trickle down through the economy. Michael Paulson, New York Times, 17 May 2024 But the rule on direct taxes is still in the Constitution, and the courts haven't fully defined what is and isn’t a direct tax. Richard Rubin, WSJ, 26 Oct. 2021 The governor quietly ended direct tax collections from Turo hosts late last year, instead anticipating a legislative fix, according to a Department of Revenue memorandum posted online in April alongside Claman’s bill, which failed to pass this year. Sean Maguire, Anchorage Daily News, 4 June 2023 See all Example Sentences for direct tax 
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Noun
  • However, routine pet expenses such as food and toys are still not deductible under personal tax returns.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 1 Feb. 2025
  • Charitable Donation Tax Deductions Contributions to qualified charitable organizations are deductible, often at the business entity level (e.g., sole proprietors report this on personal tax returns).
    Tiffany Grant, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Residents of these remote villages rely on VITA to prepare free income tax returns.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 7 Feb. 2025
  • The move was part of an overhaul aimed at eventually phasing out the state's individual income tax altogether which also extended the state sales tax to more services.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 7 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Between the lines: The Senate has historically opposed raising the tax while the House has been more supportive.
    Arika Herron, Axios, 17 Feb. 2025
  • Since just about the Stone Age — say, the 1990s — Republicans have called for replacing the income tax with a consumption tax, for defunding USAID, for abolishing the Department of Education, and for reforming Social Security.
    Amity Shlaes, National Review, 17 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • But there has to be a better way to do this and part of that is reforming New York City’s very kooky property tax structure, where Con Ed pays more to City Hall than anyone else and then has to charge higher fees to customers.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 15 Feb. 2025
  • On the business front, Maybank wrote, there could be more rebates for corporate tax, as well as rebates on property tax for commercial properties.
    Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 14 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The payments sent back $250 to single tax filers and $375 to head-of-household filers.
    Chris McKenna, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Academics argue that while the government needs to find ways to raise money, that could come from taxing excess profits rather than a single tax that applies to all employers, big and small.
    Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 26 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Prior to council tax, there was poll tax which was so wildly unpopular, people began rioting across England.
    Tanyel Mustafa, refinery29.com, 12 Jan. 2024
  • But a Venezuelan passport costs more than $300, a price that amounts to a poll tax because few migrants can afford them.
    John Otis, NPR, 16 Apr. 2024
Noun
  • Under an amendment to the federal law effective Jan. 3, the social security withholding tax of 5.85 percent is being levied against the first $13,200 of salaries and wages.
    Bernice Hoffman, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
  • Under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), Washington requires foreign financial institutions to disclose their American clients’ financial information to the U.S. Treasury and imposes a 30 percent withholding tax on certain payments to foreign financial institutions that don’t comply.
    Nicholas Shaxson, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2018

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