sales tax
noun
: a tax levied on the sale of goods and services that is usually calculated as a percentage of the purchase price and collected by the seller
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Trump's across-the-board tariffs will function like a national sales tax, driving up the cost of everyday necessities, including the food, medicine, clothing, and other essentials that families rely on just to get by.
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Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
Call it a roughly 15% national sales tax that someone has to pay.
—Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
DeSantis, as an example, has pushed for a reduction in homestead property taxes while Perez is advancing a plan to lower the state’s sales tax rate.
—Dara Kam, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2025
Voters in Tuesday’s consolidated election appear to have shot down a referendum question in Kane County that would have increased the sales tax by 0.75% to pay for public safety expenses in the county.
—Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2025
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Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
Call it a roughly 15% national sales tax that someone has to pay.
—Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
DeSantis, as an example, has pushed for a reduction in homestead property taxes while Perez is advancing a plan to lower the state’s sales tax rate.
—Dara Kam, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2025
Voters in Tuesday’s consolidated election appear to have shot down a referendum question in Kane County that would have increased the sales tax by 0.75% to pay for public safety expenses in the county.
—Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for sales tax
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“Sales tax.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sales%20tax. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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