How to Use direct tax in a Sentence

direct tax

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  • But the rule on direct taxes is still in the Constitution, and the courts haven't fully defined what is and isn’t a direct tax.
    — Richard Rubin, WSJ, 26 Oct. 2021
  • These contributions were based on the value of their property, not their income, which made them in a sense a direct tax on wealth.
    — Thomas Martin, The Conversation, 3 Nov. 2020
  • The plant’s twin cooling towers rise amid rolling farmland across the river from Byron, so the city doesn’t receive any direct tax revenue from it.
    — Dan Petrella, chicagotribune.com, 9 Sep. 2021
  • In her speech, the minister did not announce any direct tax benefits.
    — Niharika Sharma, Quartz, 1 Feb. 2022
  • Many constitutional scholars warn that a wealth tax is neither a direct tax nor income tax.
    — Michael Tanner, National Review, 30 Oct. 2019
  • And any Democrat who wants lower premiums next year should support a delay in the direct tax on premiums that insurers pass along to consumers.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 29 July 2018
  • Many of the group’s opponents are also outspoken supporters of school choice programs that direct tax dollars to parochial, private and charter schools.
    — Laura Meckler, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Jan. 2022
  • Since direct tax increases on most people would break his campaign promise, Biden is looking elsewhere.
    — Adam A. Millsap, Forbes, 28 Apr. 2021
  • Neither have estate taxes, which are considered a tax on the transfer of property, not a direct tax on property itself.
    — Richard Rubin, WSJ, 26 Oct. 2021
  • The family spent $1 billion to renovate the stadium with no direct tax dollars, according to MLB.
    — Allen Kim and Jacob Lev, CNN, 19 Nov. 2020
  • The Big Six plan includes direct tax cuts for middle-class earners, but the reduction in business taxation has been criticized as benefiting the wealthy.
    — Edward Lazear, WSJ, 16 Oct. 2017
  • That room for tax increases at the top—created in part by the 2017 tax law passed by Republicans—leaves Democrats defending direct tax increases only on a small share of the population.
    — Richard Rubin, WSJ, 3 Oct. 2020
  • Economists have long argued that carbon pricing, either through a direct tax or cap-and-trade, can be an effective tool for reducing the greenhouse gas emissions warming the planet.
    — Brad Plumer, New York Times, 29 Jan. 2018
  • Technology related to direct tax compliance and tax provision were seen as the most value added.
    — Amber Gray-Fenner, Forbes, 7 June 2021
  • The Supreme Court struck it down in 1895, ruling that such a levy violated the Constitution’s requirement that direct taxes be apportioned among the states based on population.
    — Richard Rubin, WSJ, 15 Feb. 2019
  • Indirect taxes in India are nearly double that of direct taxes.
    — Shoaib Daniyal, Quartz India, 5 Dec. 2019
  • Often, tax-compliance measures are easier to sell politically than direct tax increases, but this one has proven to be the opposite.
    — Richard Rubin, WSJ, 19 Oct. 2021
  • The primary objective of incorporating exemptions and deductions in the direct tax structure is to push Indians to save for the future so that the overall burden on the government is contained.
    — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz India, 2 Feb. 2020
  • Representatives and direct taxes shall be apportioned among the states within this union according to their respective numbers.
    — Gregory Krieg, CNN, 27 Mar. 2018
  • Businesses normally are assessed to cover such debts, so that $150 million payment effectively is direct tax relief to all businesses.
    — Keith M. Phaneuf, courant.com, 24 July 2021
  • But that progressivity holds true only for direct taxes on personal and corporate income.
    — Joseph C. Sternberg, WSJ, 3 Aug. 2017
  • Sitharaman also announced creating a dedicated cell headed by a member of the central board of direct taxes, India’s highest tax authority.
    — Kuwar Singh, Quartz India, 26 Aug. 2019
  • The provision requires non-resident big tech companies to pay direct taxes on domestically earned income.
    — Mercy Muendo, Quartz Africa, 9 Dec. 2019
  • But its direct tax and public borrowing figures mask the city’s overwhelming reliance on an artificially expensive land market, which in itself limits the city’s ability to have a modern, entrepreneurial economy.
    — Mike Bird, WSJ, 5 Mar. 2021
  • Record corporate profits and unprecedented stock valuations, juxtaposed with weak median income growth this century, together make a strong case for a completely different law, one that would direct tax benefits toward the middle class.
    — Derek Thompson, The Atlantic, 11 Oct. 2017
  • Tying direct taxes to political representation was so important that it was repeated in Article 1, Section 9.
    — Adam Chodorow, Slate Magazine, 17 Apr. 2017

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