property tax

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Recent Examples of property tax Amite County has one of the lowest property tax rates for funding schools in Mississippi. Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 19 Dec. 2024 The purchase price will play a part in determining the property tax basis. David Rae, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024 Offering property tax assistance through education about exemptions or short-term loans. Naheed Rajwani-Dharsi, Axios, 9 Dec. 2024 These laws preserved large landholders’ power and profit margins by fixing property tax assessments and rates at ridiculously low levels and removing local authorities’ ability to change them. Brucie Porter / Made By History, TIME, 5 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for property tax 
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Noun
  • To be sure, many drivers do not claim the mileage deduction on their federal income tax returns.
    Susan Tompor, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2024
  • The bill introduced by Blessing and Smith would also have provided free breakfast and lunch in schools and increased the share of state income tax revenue going to the Local Government Fund and the Public Library Fund from 1.7% to 2%.
    J.D. Davidson | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 20 Dec. 2024
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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
  • 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
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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
  • 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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  • Early 2025 The city will hire the transit improvement plan’s chief program officer, according to the mayor's office. Feb. 1, 2025 The sales tax surcharge of a half cent per dollar will go into effect in Davidson County.
    Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 22 Dec. 2024
  • The site is expected to generate 800 jobs and about $2.8 million in net sales tax revenue in its first year, increasing to over $9 million by the 10th year.
    Matthew Geiger, The Denver Post, 21 Dec. 2024
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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
  • 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 money comes in the form of a tax credit, which lowers your final tax bill, says Steven Nadel, executive director of the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, a research organization working on saving energy.
    Julia Simon, NPR, 25 Dec. 2024
  • Such tax cuts - which would need to pass Congress - could support company earnings and sentiment on stocks.
    Saqib Iqbal Ahmed, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
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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
  • 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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