property tax

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Recent Examples of property tax Tarrant County homeowners will see big changes to their property tax bills. Noah Alcala Bach and, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Jan. 2025 The drug trade was also holding down development and property values – and therefore property tax revenues – in a neighborhood on the path of gentrification. Richardson Dilworth, The Conversation, 14 Jan. 2025 Charlotte, as with most cities, relies mainly on residential property tax. Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 13 Jan. 2025 The conveyance of the land ahead of schedule did result in property tax benefits for the city. Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 5 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for property tax 
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  • In 2023, the BBC’s offices in India were raided by income tax authorities, coming soon after a controversial BBC documentary titled India: The Modi Question, which was critical of the country’s President.
    Sara Merican, Deadline, 20 Jan. 2025
  • In Switzerland, people pay federal income tax rates ranging from 0 to 11.5%, but that doesn’t include local taxes, according to H&R Block.
    Celia Fernandez, CNBC, 18 Jan. 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
  • 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
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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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  • Remember, tariff is another word for tax–a sales tax, to be precise.
    Steve Forbes, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
  • There are nine months until the November elections — the next chance to put forth a referendum asking Mecklenburg County to vote for a 1-cent transit sales tax that could generate billions to fund ambitious transit plans, from rail to road improvements.
    Alexandria Sands, Axios, 13 Jan. 2025
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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 opinions expressed in this article are not intended to replace any professional or expert accounting and/or tax advice whatsoever.
    Melissa Houston, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
  • The arrangement has been a financial windfall for Sanders’s stepson, David Driscoll, who, according to tax disclosures, earned $120,000 working as the nonprofit organization’s executive director in 2023.
    Robert Schmad, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 24 Jan. 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
  • 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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