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use tax

American  
[yoos] / yus /

noun

  1. a state tax imposed on goods purchased outside a state for which state sales tax has not been paid.


Example Sentences

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If they use tax losses to enhance returns, investors tend to get interested in dumping their losers late in the year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

“Those with high itemized expenses in 2025 may have an opportunity to use tax savings to fund more Roth conversions.”

From MarketWatch • Dec. 28, 2025

Much like developers who use tax credits to build affordable housing, Leung had to assemble financing from multiple sources.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2024

A spokesperson for Murty said it was possible for someone in her position to use tax havens for income earned outside the UK.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2022

The basic decision sustaining the use tax, in this novel employment of it, was Henneford v.

From The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 by Corwin, Edward Samuel

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