How to Use property tax in a Sentence

property tax

noun
  • Two other bills from the five-bill property tax plan failed.
    — Meghan O'Brien & Seth Tupper, States Newsroom, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Most cities and counties set their property tax rates low.
    — Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Should the property tax cuts go through, all cities would lose money.
    — Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 29 May 2026
  • The charge would appear on property tax bills.
    — Susan Shelley, Daily News, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Read much about the property tax dilemma here.
    — Marissa Payne, Des Moines Register, 26 Feb. 2026
  • After that, the plan would cap property tax growth at 4% per year.
    — Stephen Gruber-Miller, Des Moines Register, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Menin has also said that a property tax hike is a nonstarter.
    — Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 11 Mar. 2026
  • My property tax is $125 a year.
    — Terry Ward, AFAR Media, 2 Sep. 2025
  • And voters would need to approve any changes to property tax laws.
    — Jeffrey Schweers, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2026
  • This same problem shows up in the property tax debate.
    — Sean Parks, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Our state, like all other states, has had some form of property tax since its founding.
    — Jon Coupal, Oc Register, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Sales tax revenue is more volatile than property tax revenue.
    — Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 4 May 2026
  • In other words, the property tax wars may have ceased, but the dust still hasn’t settled.
    — Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 6 Jan. 2026
  • That could have allowed for some property tax relief.
    — Rory Linnane, jsonline.com, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Using sales tax to buy down property tax is not good governance.
    — Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Sorensen asked how the city would handle an extreme drop in property tax revenues.
    — Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 9 Mar. 2026
  • And over the next several years, Berry saw property tax rates drop.
    — Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The property tax refund offers two types of tax relief.
    — Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 12 Apr. 2026
  • The plan would not raise the state sales tax, create a statewide property tax or mandate deep cuts to state services.
    — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 7 Jan. 2026
  • The project will not receive any county property tax revenue.
    — Francesca Pica, jsonline.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The new trash fee was placed on to the 2025-26 property tax rolls last year.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
  • The money would have come from a property tax increase, which turned off many residents.
    — Sacha Pfeiffer, NPR, 12 May 2026
  • On top of that, the state limits how much property tax that governments can take, Beck said.
    — Idaho Statesman, 15 June 2026
  • But a property tax relief solution may still be on the table.
    — Claire Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
  • The first flier urges a yes vote for a special 10-year school district property tax levy.
    — Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Iredell County property tax records show the Smiths own the estate.
    — Charlotte Observer, 1 Mar. 2026
  • With the recent 9% property tax increase, is our money well-spent?
    — Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The property tax base would fall, and with it, local governments’ budgets would drop.
    — Zac Taylor, The Conversation, 9 June 2026
  • The property tax base would fall, and with it, local governments’ budgets would drop.
    — The Conversation, Fortune, 12 June 2026
  • That means property tax rates would be increased to benefit these school districts.
    — Olivia Young, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2026

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