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The tax is a surtax on individual property for the wealthy on their second homes.
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Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Finally, a surtax on incomes of California’s wealthiest families, approved by voters in 2012 to deal with an earlier budget deficit, was supposed to last only a few years, but a 2016 ballot measure extended it to 2030.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2025
The payroll surtax could rise from the current $126 per employee to as high as $420.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 5 Aug. 2025
The other charter school bills are: — HB 1115, which would require that charter schools get a cut if school districts receive sales-tax money through what is known as a local-government infrastructure surtax.
—Jim Saunders, Sun Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2025
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Other notable cases include challenges to Trump’s sweeping tariffs, birthright citizenship, late-arriving mail ballots, and gun laws.—
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Business leaders at the September CEO forum estimated that 80% of the tariffs have been borne equally by domestic companies and consumers.—
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But small neighborhood merchants might refuse to accept credit cards for purchases below a certain amount, or add a swipe fee surcharge to customers’ bills.—
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Lore is purposefully keeping its membership low, at $225 per month with a $25 surcharge on weekends, to try to get clients into a routine of coming several times a week.—
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Amid IndyStar's reporting, IMPD and state excise police — which had 73 officers to cover 92 counties — began more closely collaborating.—
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If the court doesn’t agree, Trump could use the same law to impose excise taxes on many other things, including the transportation of goods, wire communications, bank transactions and more, said Peter M. Shane, an expert on the separation of powers at New York University.—
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Oklahoma income tax in Indian country In 2020, the Supreme Court ruled that the Muscogee (Creek) Reservation, which spans much of eastern Oklahoma, is Indian country.—
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Among the policies that will be debated is the possible elimination of Georgia's income tax.—
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Calvo said two additional campaign promises will be addressed Tuesday, including tackling the high cost of water service and pushing for property tax cuts for residents 65 and older.—
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The bond, which passed with 63% of the vote in a low-turnout election, is funded by a property tax increase, implemented incrementally in 2025, 2028 and 2029.—
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Republicans meanwhile have pushed against expansion, especially by supporting voter ID laws, which can make voting more time consuming, and in some cases, may require people to pay fees to secure IDs (which critics liken to a poll tax).—
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Upon the basis of these findings, Congress declares that the constitutional right of citizens to vote is denied or abridged in some areas by the requirement of the payment of a poll tax as a precondition to voting.—
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“Surtax.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surtax. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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