How to Use income tax in a Sentence

income tax

noun
  • The new law will lower income taxes for most taxpayers.
  • Federal income tax will be deducted from your pay.
  • Which states have no income tax?
    — Olivia Munson, USA Today, 2 Jan. 2026
  • There are nine states that have no income tax at all.
    — Gordon Ebanks, CNN Money, 17 Feb. 2026
  • These 8 states don’t have an income tax.
    — Olivia Munson, USA Today, 2 Jan. 2026
  • Ready for an income tax rate cut, Hoosiers?
    — Medora Lee, IndyStar, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Pureval wouldn't rule out an income tax increase.
    — Scott Wartman, Cincinnati Enquirer, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The top income tax rate paid by rich people was 7%.
    — John Seiler, Oc Register, 16 Sep. 2025
  • But income tax hasn’t always played a key role in tax revenue.
    — Jake Angelo, Fortune, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Hardly anyone paid the high income tax rates of the time.
    — Nathan Lewis, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • The income tax side can be just as important.
    — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026
  • Many gig workers will find that their state income tax bills mostly stay the same.
    — Annette Nellen, The Conversation, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Our federal income tax is pay-as-you-go.
    — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • But the absence of a state income tax doesn’t mean the cost of living is low across the board.
    — System Process, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Mar. 2026
  • But the absence of a state income tax doesn’t mean the cost of living is low across the board.
    — System Process, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Mar. 2026
  • There is federal and state income tax.
    — Olivia Munson, USA Today, 2 Jan. 2026
  • It is called the progressive income tax.
    — Teresa Ghilarducci, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
  • However, not all states have income tax.
    — Olivia Munson, USA Today, 2 Jan. 2026
  • Some states, like New Hampshire, have no sales tax or income tax.
    — Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 20 Jan. 2026
  • The excess money the state raises will be used to chip away at the state income tax.
    — Jack Harvel june 2, Kansas City Star, 2 June 2026
  • She‘d raise the corporate income tax a notch.
    — Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2026
  • She‘d raise the corporate income tax a notch.
    — George Skelton, Mercury News, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Unless Congress acts, income tax rates will rise across the board.
    — Ryan Ellis, Boston Herald, 12 Apr. 2025
  • Let the income tax compress incomes.
    — Teresa Ghilarducci, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
  • In past shutdowns, that’s meant income tax refunds could be delayed.
    — David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Hochul has said personal income tax hikes are a nonstarter.
    — Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 10 Mar. 2026
  • First, the federal income tax form.
    — ABC News, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Definitely against an income tax to pay for schools.
    — Grace Tucker, Cincinnati Enquirer, 14 Oct. 2025
  • So Washington State up to now does not have an income tax.
    — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Texas compensates for its lack of income tax revenue with a higher sales tax.
    — System Process, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Mar. 2026

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