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Homeowners in some parts of California may also owe additional Mello-Roos taxes.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
But those figures might not be updated, and could understate what they will likely owe.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
That’s because many lower-income households owe little or no federal income tax, so they can’t profit from the tax breaks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
That means your heirs, if they wish to sell them, would owe capital-gains tax only on any appreciation above the market value on your date of death.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
I owe it to Hannie to get us to safety.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
His acquisition of the Lakers had marked the end of an era in the NBA, whose modern popularity owes much to the franchise's 1980s heyday.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
Treat that list of 960,000 properties as a rough starting point for the pied-à-terre tax pool, not the final list of who owes the tax.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
In exchange, the government owes that person treatment equal to that of others born on its soil.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
"Our nation owes these public servants a debt of gratitude for their tireless commitment to our country."
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
The five hundred dollars Mama owes the bank makes it worse, looming over me like a giant spider spinning a web around my family.
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
The program’s trust fund is currently on track to run out of money in 2032, at which point recipients would receive about 78% of the benefits they’re owed, according to the latest trustees report.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
China remains Zambia's largest bilateral creditor, with about US$4.5 billion owed to Chinese lenders, equivalent to roughly 15 percent of total public and publicly guaranteed debt, according to the IMF.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
In 2017, Ye, who was then known as Kanye West, sued his insurers, arguing they owed him nearly $10 million after he canceled shows and spent multiple days in a hospital in Los Angeles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Kae, who wants to be an actor and is studying performing arts at Coleg Gwent, is urging other young people to check what they may be owed.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
We owed something to each one of these people.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
But out of all the co-creators and producers’ names listed in the drama’s credits, it’s Lindelof’s that heightens our expectations, owing to his outstanding success with his 2019 reinterpretation of “Watchmen.”
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
But the trust could end up owing income taxes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
As a foreign entity, however, Apollo is unable to take full ownership of the airline outright owing to UK and European rules requiring firms to be majority owned and controlled by regional nationals.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
But it has been "magnified" in recent years owing to India's demographic surge - or a growing size of the population entering the workforce - and improved education outcomes.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
Once they got finished slapping you with pay deductions, late fees, and interest penalties, you wound up owing them more each month, instead of less.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
