unpaid

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The failure-to-pay penalty is 0.5% of unpaid tax, and it builds to 25% the longer the sum goes unpaid.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

And Americans’ unpaid credit-card debt is on the rise, as is use of the buy-now-pay-later option.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

Us said that in December 2025, the court revised the former couple’s agreement to $1,206 per month in child support, with $43,401.96 due for unpaid past support.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Still, wrangling over unpaid claims and underinsurance have slowed Los Angeles’s rocky recovery.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

Now I have nine hours instead of eight, and although one of them is an unpaid dinner hour, I have a net half an hour a day more on my feet.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich