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Recent Examples of income tax
The theft charge is a Class 2 felony, punishable by three to seven years in prison, while each count of loan and wire fraud is a Class 3 felony and each count of income tax fraud is a Class 4 felony.
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Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2025
At first glance, that interpretation makes sense: McKinley’s eponymous 1890 tariff preceded a Democratic wave in the 1890 midterm elections—McKinley himself was voted out of office—and was eventually replaced by a federal income tax.
—Aroop Mukharji, Foreign Affairs, 14 Mar. 2025
Several provisions of the TCJA, including cuts to personal income tax rates, will expire at the end of the year unless Trump signs a bill to extend them.
—Brett Samuels, The Hill, 13 Mar. 2025
This raises the possibility that Florida’s lack of a state income tax is not the only—or possibly not even the primary—reason for high-income people to move there.
—Laura Clawson, JSTOR Daily, 7 Mar. 2025
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Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2025
At first glance, that interpretation makes sense: McKinley’s eponymous 1890 tariff preceded a Democratic wave in the 1890 midterm elections—McKinley himself was voted out of office—and was eventually replaced by a federal income tax.
—Aroop Mukharji, Foreign Affairs, 14 Mar. 2025
Several provisions of the TCJA, including cuts to personal income tax rates, will expire at the end of the year unless Trump signs a bill to extend them.
—Brett Samuels, The Hill, 13 Mar. 2025
This raises the possibility that Florida’s lack of a state income tax is not the only—or possibly not even the primary—reason for high-income people to move there.
—Laura Clawson, JSTOR Daily, 7 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for income tax
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However, under the act, many people would have to pay to get copies of their documents, which could result in a pay-to-vote situation akin to a poll tax.—
William Lambers,
Newsweek,
7 Mar. 2025
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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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The property tax agreement says Chula Vista will continue to collect that revenue until LAFCO approves the annexation.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Mar. 2025
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By contrast, property tax increases for similar projects for schools require only 55% approval.—
Bill Fulton,
The Mercury News,
11 Mar. 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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Javier Betancourt, director of the office overseeing the county’s half-percent sales tax for transportation, praised Miller for her extensive state contacts and strong local relationships.—
Douglas Hanks,
Miami Herald,
14 Mar. 2025
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That’s because residents of the new neighborhood would be unlikely to shop and pay sales tax in Chula Vista, since the only access to the neighborhood is from Dennery Road in San Diego, making shopping in San Diego more convenient.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Mar. 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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The Athletic’s Mark Carey recently introduced the ‘talisman tax’, which looks at the number of times a player had the last action within their team’s sequence of possession.—
Patrick Boyland,
The Athletic,
14 Mar. 2025
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Guardian, its subsidiaries, agents, and employees do not provide tax, legal, or accounting advice.—
Aleksandar Jakovljevic,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 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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“Income tax.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/income%20tax. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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