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Recent Examples of direct tax 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 But unlike those deals, which used direct tax abatements, these tax credits would only be awarded upon completion of the films at studios built by private developers. Gabe Stern, Fortune, 12 May 2023 For direct tax changes only, the lowest-income households would see their after-tax incomes rise by an average of about $650 or 3.6%. Howard Gleckman, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2023 See all Example Sentences for direct tax 
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Noun
  • During her 2020 presidential campaign, Harris released 15 years of personal tax returns.
    Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2024
  • Favorable corporate and personal tax rates, a mild climate, and a major research university–the University of Texas at Austin–all contributed to the decision, and the decisions of an unending sequence of businesses and individuals to call Austin home ever since.
    Chadd Scott, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • Trump has suggested cutting the corporate tax rate and has floated some income tax cuts too.
    Li Zhou, Vox, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Trump's plan would mostly help middle- and high-income retirees, given that low-income retirees often don't make enough to pay federal income tax on their benefits, according to tax experts.
    Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • The company maintains a tax holiday for a subsidiary in the APAC region, which contributed to a lower effective tax rate of 13.7% for the year.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 15 Nov. 2024
  • Last week, bond yields surged on expectations that President-elect Donald Trump’s plans to lower tax rates, increase tariffs and reduce regulation could ultimately lead to higher U.S. government debt and inflation, along with faster economic growth.
    Alex Veiga, The Denver Post, 15 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • This would push more property tax bills in the area above $10,000 per year, with owners often passing the cost onto their tenants.
    Marc Joffe, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
  • This increase is mainly due to higher property tax expenses.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • By unifying the nation under a single tax regime, GST streamlined the complex web of indirect taxes and brought about greater transparency and efficiency in the system.
    Pankaj Vasani, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
  • In 2018, then-Senator Harris proposed a refundable tax credit for lower- and middle-income families, which would have provided cash payments of two hundred and fifty dollars a month for single tax filers and five hundred dollars a month for married couples.
    John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 29 July 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 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
  • Palestinian leaders say its ability to exercise effective governance has been effectively blocked by Israeli restrictions, which have included withholding tax revenues due under the Oslo accords.
    Ali Sawafta, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Feb. 2024

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