property tax

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Recent Examples of property tax In 1799, citizens in the eastern part of the state organized to resist a new property tax that unfairly targeted farmers over land speculators. Time, 2 July 2025 DeWine, also a Republican, whittled out several provisions lawmakers have said would reduce property tax burdens across the state. J.d. Davidson, The Washington Examiner, 2 July 2025 Further proof was last month’s city property tax lien sale. Alva Badillo, New York Daily News, 29 June 2025 Steele is one of three commissioners on the county’s Board of Review, which hears property tax appeals. A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for property tax
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Noun
  • The state has about a $4.6 billion budget, enough to hand out $1.3 billion in income tax cuts this year for middle-class residents and getting rid of the state’s tax on electricity usage.
    Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 7 July 2025
  • The income tax resulting from the sale of farmland to a qualified farmer can be deferred and paid in four annual installments.
    Martin Shenkman, Forbes.com, 6 July 2025
Noun
  • In 2025, the standard premium is $185 a month for joint tax filers earning $212,000 a year or less ($106,000 or less for single tax filers).
    Steve Hruby, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
  • Installment sale tax treatment allows sellers to recognize capital gains incrementally over time rather than in a single tax year.
    Shane Styne, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Equal Ground Action Fund Executive Director Genesis Robinson told Newsweek that forcing people to pay for documents equates to a poll tax.
    David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • But her defiance drew a warning from Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador of potential consequences if legislators update the law to include penalties such as the state withholding tax money.
    Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 6 July 2025
  • Once in default, the full remaining balance becomes immediately due, and the government can take action to recover the debt, such as garnishing wages or withholding tax refunds.
    Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 22 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Increasing a countywide sales tax on gasoline to five cents per gallon from three cents per gallon to raise money for transportation and transit.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 11 July 2025
  • Residents also enjoy good incomes while paying relatively low property and sales tax bills—all factors that researchers used to measure affordability.
    Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 July 2025
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • Canada withdrew that tax in order to restart trade talks with Washington.
    Anniek Bao,Vinay Dwivedi, CNBC, 11 July 2025
  • But upgrading systems and adding staff seems unlikely as the state absorbs tax cuts and anticipates a $1 billion budget shortfall, Blouin said.
    Suzanne King, Kansas City Star, 11 July 2025
Noun
  • Those drops, while beneficial for the population, aren’t great for sin tax revenues that depend on those behaviors.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025
  • 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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