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Recent Examples of income tax
The deadline to file a California or federal income tax return for 2024 is Tuesday, April 15.
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Camila Pedrosa, Sacramento Bee, 6 Feb. 2025
Texas, Tennessee and Florida, on the other hand, have no individual income tax.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 5 Feb. 2025
Hochul has voiced support for rolling back the discovery reforms, and is also backing the mayor’s pushes for scrapping city income tax for some residents and expanding the involuntary commitment standards.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 4 Feb. 2025
The company reported an effective income tax rate of 15.0% for the year.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 31 Jan. 2025
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Camila Pedrosa, Sacramento Bee, 6 Feb. 2025
Texas, Tennessee and Florida, on the other hand, have no individual income tax.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 5 Feb. 2025
Hochul has voiced support for rolling back the discovery reforms, and is also backing the mayor’s pushes for scrapping city income tax for some residents and expanding the involuntary commitment standards.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 4 Feb. 2025
The company reported an effective income tax rate of 15.0% for the year.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 31 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for income tax
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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
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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
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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
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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
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The payments sent back $250 to single tax filers and $375 to head-of-household filers.—
Chris McKenna,
USA TODAY,
10 Dec. 2024
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This strategy, involves clustering donations in a single tax year to surpass the standard deduction and make itemizing worthwhile.—
James Brewer,
Forbes,
26 Nov. 2024
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Innamorato said the Regional Asset District — funded by the county's 1% sales tax — is contributing $5 million to the project.—
Ryan Deto,
Axios,
6 Feb. 2025
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Fireworks aren’t the only item the council is using from the $74.5 million in Apple sales tax.—
Stephanie Lam,
The Mercury News,
6 Feb. 2025
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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
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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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Lord De La Warr paid $179,255 for it (including buyer’s premium and value-added tax) after it was originally estimated to go for between $54,000 and $81,000 by Summers Place Auctions.—
Téa Kvetenadze,
Forbes,
7 Oct. 2021
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The various Indian state governments earn a big portion of their revenue from excise and value-added tax on alcoholic drinks.—
Mimansa Verma,
Quartz,
10 Nov. 2022
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Between the lines: The Senate has historically opposed raising the tax while the House has been more supportive.—
Arika Herron,
Axios,
17 Feb. 2025
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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
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The teams' leases stipulate the public is responsible for repair costs, but the lone funding source — the county sin tax on cigarettes and alcohol — is no longer sufficient to cover their demands.—
Sam Allard,
Axios,
5 Dec. 2024
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Signal Cleveland reports Council President Blaine Griffin and County Executive Chris Ronayne are in talks to raise the sin tax, which would require a change to state law.—
Sam Allard,
Axios,
5 Dec. 2024
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