property tax

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Recent Examples of property tax Place more effective controls on property tax bills. Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Nov. 2024 Our City Council has been presented with a $345 million property tax levy increase from $1.774 billion to $2.119 billion from 2024 to 2025, respectively. George Cardenas, Chicago Tribune, 12 Nov. 2024 That sales tax hike was defeated by a wider margin on November 5 than the property tax increase that was rejected by Charleston voters four years ago. Patrick Gleason, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024 Scott also said that city leadership needs to address Baltimore’s property tax. Hannah Gaskill, Baltimore Sun, 29 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for property tax 
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Noun
  • Catch up quick: Cox signed a law earlier this year slashing the state income tax rate from 4.65% to 4.55%. Democrats and education advocates criticized the cut, arguing those funds should be spent on public schools and social services.
    Kim Bojórquez, Axios, 5 Dec. 2024
  • In the resulting chaos, states have scrambled to fill the gap with regard to state income tax.
    Robert W. Wood, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
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  • 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
  • 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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  • 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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  • Inflation does increase sales tax revenue, something most states experienced in the past few years, and New York especially should be using this extra revenue as an opportunity to reform rather than giving it away as a one-time benefit.
    The Editors, National Review, 12 Dec. 2024
  • The street redesign is projected to boost the area’s property and sales tax revenue in a key corridor for the city, according to a release.
    Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 9 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 premier of British Columbia announced a significant hike on Thursday in tax incentives for film and TV, as the province struggles with a sharp decline in production.
    Gene Maddaus, Variety, 13 Dec. 2024
  • According to the terms of the plea agreement, Smirnov will plead guilty to one count of causing the creation of a false record in a federal investigation and three counts of tax evasion for 2020, 2021 and 2022.
    Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 13 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
  • Among a litany of measures, including a major change to the government’s fiscal rules, Reeves is reported to be considering a sin tax raid.
    Sam Meredith, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2024

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