sales tax

Example Sentences

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Australia charges a sales tax of 52 cents on each litre of petrol sold at the pump, which will be halved for three months.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

Voters backed his ballot measure to expand L.A.’s transit system through new sales tax money in the middle of the Great Recession.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026

County Board of Supervisors has backed a proposed half-cent sales tax measure that would generate hundreds of millions of dollars annually for healthcare and public health services.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026

Traders and BOJ officials are closely monitoring how Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s planned sales tax cut will affect price trends.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

Meanwhile, Jake scanned the next customer’s items and did the math in his head, remembering to add sales tax to all non-food items.

From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein