tax
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New York City residents pay the top state income tax of 10.9%, plus 3.876% to City Hall, for a combined rate of about 14.78%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
"Rich pickings", reads the headline of the Sunday People, homing in on campaigners who argue that a wealth tax "could help so many".
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
It also found employee discipline records, a worker’s criminal-history report, contractor payroll data, tax forms and passports.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
The latest data released Friday showed that upticks in tax collection from individuals and customs revenues were offset by higher refunds and lower corporate tax collection.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
I don’t collect garbage tax or cell phone storage fees from Stephen.
From "Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish" by Pablo Cartaya
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Note: Payments assume 15% down on a median-sale-price home without insurance, taxes and private mortgage insurance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
Plus, even HSA owners who spend their funds each year can save on taxes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
If you invested your $2,000-a-month Social Security at 64, you could accumulate a lot in contributions, growing to roughly $80,000 at 7% or $83,000 at 10%, before taxes and fees.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
Bass pushed for a bill in the state Legislature that would have reduced taxes on apartment buildings but ended up withdrawing it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
As an accountant, Uncle Carlos did the taxes for the family as well as La Cocina in between naps and diaper changes.
From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya
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Any additional benefits, such as health insurance, life insurance or contributions to retirement plans, are not taxed for Social Security.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026
Stays of more than 31 nights will not be taxed, and neither will people forced into temporary accommodation or people in homeless hostels.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
There’s a hard actuarial truth to age-gap planning — and that, in the polite words of adviser Matthew Chancey, is that “sooner or later, one of you is taxed as a single.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
The commission found two of the Danish wind farm developer’s U.K. projects should be primarily taxed in Britain, backing the company’s position.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
But over here there had grown up a broader interpretation of the word ‘liberty’: no man to be ruled or taxed except by men of his own choice.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
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This treatment clears space in the bone marrow for the incoming cells, but it can be extremely taxing, particularly for older or medically frail patients.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026
Students seek shortcuts precisely at the moment the work starts to get mentally taxing, says Hamsa Bastani, a professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
The harsh environment of Burning Man — which for some people is part of the appeal — is famously taxing.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
“Elsinore” captures that journey in all of its glories and taxing challenges.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
And how dare he try to frighten her with vague warnings, when the train ride was bound to be taxing enough as it was, with three children to entertain and a speech to write, too.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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