head tax
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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“This head tax is only going to make things worse,” Alderman Brendan Reilly said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
“I don’t think we’re going to see a head tax the way it was put together before, but I think we’ll see more nuanced taxation” aimed at outlier companies, Burbank added.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 10, 2019
With a health care head tax, you’re basically doubling the cost of hiring a dishwasher.
From Slate ● Nov. 5, 2019
The company immediately threatened to stop the construction of two downtown office towers if the head tax was not repealed.
From Fox News ● Nov. 5, 2019
The mind shies away from a head tax, a facility tax.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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