How to Use tax-exempt in a Sentence

tax-exempt

adjective
  • Add back items like tax-exempt interest.
    — James Brewer, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The board was to vote on whether to approve the project and issue tax-exempt revenue bonds to fund it.
    — Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 27 Feb. 2026
  • The tax-exempt bond was purchased by TD Bank.
    — Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The school itself is a tax-exempt institution, so that helps.
    — Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The tax-exempt status means the investors don’t have to pay taxes on the interest their bonds earn.
    — Joshua Haiar, States Newsroom, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Many items meet tax-exempt status — with certain price qualifiers.
    — Ricardo Delgado, San Antonio Express-News, 15 Apr. 2023
  • The project mainly will be funded by tax-exempt municipal bonds.
    — Audrey McAvoy, Anchorage Daily News, 10 July 2023
  • This is because many grant providers require all recipients to have tax-exempt status.
    — Philip Hackney, The Conversation, 9 May 2025
  • Ptolemy declared the temples tax-exempt to curry their favor.
    — Kate McMahon, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024
  • But its low rates and its tax-exempt status give it competitive advantages.
    — Orlando Sentinel and South Florida Sun Sentinel Editorial Boards, Orlando Sentinel, 28 June 2024
  • Advertisement Never mind that the idea of making tips tax-exempt has flaws.
    — George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2024
  • Under the statute, tax-exempt properties must fill out forms explaining their non-profit work.
    — Yash Roy, Journal Sentinel, 13 June 2023
  • The city and port plan to use general fund and tax revenues from the resort property to pay for taxable and tax-exempt bonds.
    — Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2025
  • In exchange for the voluntary payments, the city agrees not to challenge the colleges’ tax-exempt status.
    — Steph MacHado, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Sep. 2023
  • When the state forced the tax-exempt foundation to open to the public two days a week, Barnes students picketed.
    — Susan Tallman, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2025
  • COPs are tax-exempt lease financing agreements that do not need to be approved by voters.
    — Olivia Young, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026
  • The $5 million will serve as a sort of down payment, and the commission will use tax-exempt bonds to finance the rest of the purchase.
    — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Harvard has also faced the threat of federal funding cuts and the rescinding of its tax-exempt status.
    — Chad De Guzman, Time, 5 June 2025
  • School supplies priced at $50 or less are also tax-exempt, as are jigsaw puzzles with a sales price of $30 or less.
    — Miami Herald, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Defend the 612 appears to do business as the tax-exempt entity.
    — Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 4 Feb. 2026
  • The city’s housing commission will oversee the fund and the $5 million will be used along with tax-exempt bonds to purchase apartments.
    — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Sep. 2025
  • The agency allocates funds from state tax-exempt bonds to endeavors such as affordable housing projects.
    — George Avalos, Mercury News, 9 May 2026
  • Due date for many tax-exempt organizations to file their 2024 tax returns.
    — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 10 May 2025
  • Or, regulators could complain that some donations were not used for tax-exempt purposes.
    — Beth Gazley, The Conversation, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Court records say the conversion was done solely to get the tax-exempt funding from the Arizona authority.
    — Richard Ruelas, The Arizona Republic, 1 May 2023
  • All retailers are required to participate and may not charge tax on items that are legally tax-exempt during the sales tax holiday.
    — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
  • But just because a hospital’s name goes up on a building doesn’t mean that property has become tax-exempt, Lawson said.
    — Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 6 Feb. 2025
  • Banks have generally seen the tax-exempt nature of credit unions as giving them an unfair advantage in the market.
    — Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 28 Nov. 2025
  • The tax-equivalent yield calculation provides a simple framework to compare a tax-exempt bond to a taxable bond.
    — Chris Gunster, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
  • That means not only are bondholder profits tax-exempt, but the complexes themselves no longer have to pay property taxes.
    — John Ramos, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026

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