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Recent Examples of withholding tax
In May, the Trump administration ended the pandemic-era pause on student loan payments, beginning to collect on defaulted debt by withholding tax refunds and other federal payments to borrowers.
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Annie Ma, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2026
In May, the Trump administration ended the pandemic-era pause on student loan payments, beginning to collect on defaulted debt through withholding tax refunds and other federal payments to borrowers.
—Annie Ma, Fortune, 24 Dec. 2025
Non-qualified earnings face the 30% withholding tax for NRAs, plus a 10% penalty if under 59½, unless an exception applies.
—Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
But her defiance drew a warning from Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador of potential consequences if legislators update the law to include penalties such as the state withholding tax money.
—Idaho Statesman, 6 July 2025
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Annie Ma, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2026
In May, the Trump administration ended the pandemic-era pause on student loan payments, beginning to collect on defaulted debt through withholding tax refunds and other federal payments to borrowers.
—Annie Ma, Fortune, 24 Dec. 2025
Non-qualified earnings face the 30% withholding tax for NRAs, plus a 10% penalty if under 59½, unless an exception applies.
—Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
But her defiance drew a warning from Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador of potential consequences if legislators update the law to include penalties such as the state withholding tax money.
—Idaho Statesman, 6 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for withholding tax
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The former provides an income tax credit for job creation, while the latter provides sales and tax refunds on the purchase of building materials.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
30 Apr. 2026
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The largest portion of the funding sought from CHFA is $35 million in low-income tax credits.—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
30 Apr. 2026
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The board oversees the state’s property tax system as well as the alcoholic beverage tax and tax on insurers.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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Cavender, a longtime real estate developer who had previously supported Ross, emerged as his strongest challenger, criticizing the mayor and city council over recent property tax increases and calling for more transparency and a different approach to budgeting.—
Steven Rosenbaum,
CBS News,
1 May 2026
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Aranda’s sixth-inning sac fly and Yandy Diaz’s eight-inning infield single tax Fried for two more runs.—
Fiifi Frimpong,
New York Daily News,
12 Apr. 2026
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The debt crisis is structural, rooted in decades of spending that outpaces revenue, and no single tax can undo that.—
Catherina Gioino,
Fortune,
17 Mar. 2026
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Akbar had already incorporated Hindus into the Mughal military and administrative system and abolished the jizyah (a poll tax historically levied on non-Muslims under Islamic law) as part of a policy of inclusion.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
9 Apr. 2026
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In 1964: The 24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which prohibited both Congress and any of the states from imposing a poll tax or any other tax to vote in federal elections, was ratified.—
Lorenzino Estrada,
AZCentral.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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Those plans included hundreds of millions in relief involving new income and sales tax credits, along with new Medicaid investments to broaden access to health care.—
Keith M. Phaneuf,
Hartford Courant,
25 Apr. 2026
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At least three members of the Waukegan Community Unit School District 60 Board of Education are committed to letting voters decide whether people shopping in Lake County will pay an additional 1% sales tax to benefit the county’s public schools.—
Steve Sadin,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026
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The various Indian state governments earn a big portion of their revenue from excise and value-added tax on alcoholic drinks.—
Mimansa Verma,
Quartz,
10 Nov. 2022
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Lord De La Warr paid $179,255 for it (including buyer’s premium and value-added tax) after it was originally estimated to go for between $54,000 and $81,000 by Summers Place Auctions.—
Téa Kvetenadze,
Forbes,
7 Oct. 2021
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Those drops, while beneficial for the population, aren’t great for sin tax revenues that depend on those behaviors.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
12 July 2025
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Signal Cleveland reports Council President Blaine Griffin and County Executive Chris Ronayne are in talks to raise the sin tax, which would require a change to state law.—
Sam Allard,
Axios,
5 Dec. 2024
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“Withholding tax.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/withholding%20tax. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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