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Recent Examples on the Web George advocated a land tax: a single tax on land values. Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 15 May 2024 These penalties may include situations such as not making a payment on a single tax return or missing a filing deadline. Sponsored Content, The Mercury News, 12 Mar. 2024 The Biden administration said the reversal would impact single tax filers earning more than $400,000 and married couples earning more than $450,00 per year. Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 11 Mar. 2024 Before the 2017 law, the standard deduction was just $6,500 for single tax filers and $13,000 for those who filed jointly. Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for single tax 
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Noun
  • One of the similarities between the Canadian tax system and the U.S. tax system is that most income tax and benefit amounts in both countries are indexed to inflation (only a few countries adjust their income tax thresholds for inflation—out of 160 economies, 131 have no adjustment at all).
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
  • During the quarter, Apple paid a one-time income tax charge of $10.2 billion to resolve a long-running case dating back to 2016 over how the company handled taxes in Ireland.
    Kif Leswing, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • So, why are 44% of applicants being rejected trying to transfer the low property tax rates?
    Jeff Lazerson, Orange County Register, 25 Oct. 2024
  • In addition, West Virginia is phasing out taxation on Social Security income, offers property tax homestead exemptions to eligible residents 65 or older, and has low effective property tax rates.
    Ashley Cusick, Southern Living, 23 Oct. 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
Noun
  • On Thursday night, a divided South Bay Cities Council of Government, a joint power authority of 16 cities that doles out money from Measure R and Measure M, two local half-cent sales tax measures for transit projects, rejected Butts’ request to cover the funding gap needed to pay for the project.
    Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024
  • The Gilbert Town Council on Tuesday approved a sales tax increase, with one member blaming a state law barring cities from collecting taxes on rent.
    Axios Phoenix, Axios, 25 Oct. 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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  • 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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  • Separately, the Browns, who still have more than half of their $92 million sin tax allocation remaining, are likely to receive $3.4 million from the City of Cleveland for repairs, cleveland.com reported previously.
    Lucas Daprile, cleveland, 30 Aug. 2023
  • The county will pay about $138 million, using bed tax, sin tax and general fund dollars.
    Lucas Daprile, cleveland, 30 Aug. 2023
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  • Trump would also create tax exemptions that would reduce the revenues that fund these programs, according to studies by non-partisan groups like the Committee for a Responsible Budget.
    Ben Adler, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2024
  • Getty Images The earnings limit for the 0% capital gains bracket will rise in 2025, which could offer tax planning opportunities, financial experts say.
    Kate Dore, CFP®, CNBC, 25 Oct. 2024

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