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What does sales tax mean?

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Noun
  1. A local or state tax imposed as a percentage of the selling price of goods or services payable by the customer. The tax is not recognized as the seller's earnings; the seller only collects the tax and transmits the same to local or state authorities.
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The sales tax on clothing should drop into the ragbag of history, a move that Mayor Giuliani proposed and Albany rejected.
What was a luxury turned out to be a necessity at one stage, thanks to the slash in sales tax, customs duty and tariff.
Departing from his predecessor's frugality, he provided lavish games for the Romans to enjoy, and abolished the sales tax.
A tax court fined the paper 57 million tenges for not paying sales tax for two years.
This shows in the high levels of excise duty, sales tax and octroi levied on paints by central, state and local governments.
By chance, Tulsa had capital sales tax funds that were unallocated at the time of the flood.

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