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The outflow of residents to other states also predates the surtax and reflects other factors such as high housing costs.
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Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
The tax is a surtax on individual property for the wealthy on their second homes.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Finally, a surtax on incomes of California’s wealthiest families, approved by voters in 2012 to deal with an earlier budget deficit, was supposed to last only a few years, but a 2016 ballot measure extended it to 2030.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2025
The payroll surtax could rise from the current $126 per employee to as high as $420.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 5 Aug. 2025
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Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
The tax is a surtax on individual property for the wealthy on their second homes.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Finally, a surtax on incomes of California’s wealthiest families, approved by voters in 2012 to deal with an earlier budget deficit, was supposed to last only a few years, but a 2016 ballot measure extended it to 2030.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2025
The payroll surtax could rise from the current $126 per employee to as high as $420.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 5 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for surtax
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Indeed, Wang believes that looming decision may back Trump into a corner in South Korea by strong-arming him into an accommodation lest his tariff leverage be suddenly excised.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
27 Oct. 2025
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As Retail Brew previously reported, while consumers are definitely going to spend for Halloween, 79% are expecting prices to be higher because of tariffs.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
27 Oct. 2025
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Some high-profile executives have indeed decamped for lower-tax states because of the surcharge.—
Fortune,
Fortune,
21 Oct. 2025
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The company has added a 15% tariff surcharge to products to offset the cost of tariffs.—
Gabrielle Fonrouge,
CNBC,
17 Oct. 2025
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Department leaders requested the change because the agency does not handle excise taxes -- which tax specific goods and services -- and never has.—
Elise Schmelzer,
Denver Post,
14 Oct. 2025
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In July, the state increased the excise rate from 15% to 19%.—
Barnini Chakraborty,
The Washington Examiner,
22 Sep. 2025
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By comparison, Switzerland’s top personal income tax rate can reach around 40%.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
26 Oct. 2025
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Mothers who have four or more children are exempt from personal income tax.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Oct. 2025
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Overland Park’s share of the average home property tax is $832.—
Taylor O'Connor,
Kansas City Star,
25 Oct. 2025
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The chief appraiser then ensures each of the nominees are in good standing with the property tax code’s requirements.—
Rachel Royster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 Oct. 2025
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Upon the basis of these findings, Congress declares that the constitutional right of citizens to vote is denied or abridged in some areas by the requirement of the payment of a poll tax as a precondition to voting.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
17 Oct. 2025
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Equal Ground Action Fund Executive Director Genesis Robinson told Newsweek that forcing people to pay for documents equates to a poll tax.—
David Faris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Apr. 2025
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“Surtax.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surtax. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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