Sentence examples for avoided sales from inspiring English sources

In November 1986 The Times reported that "court documents and law-enforcement officials" had said that Mr. and Mrs. Helmsley had avoided sales taxes on hundreds of thousands of dollars in jewelry bought at Van Cleef & Arpels, the exclusive retailer in Manhattan.

Reduced or avoided sales and property taxes on data center construction, purchases of IT hardware and favorable utility rates can amount to millions and millions of dollars in savings over 30 years.

For years, avoiding sales tax was a prime perk of online shopping.

German authorities are looking into whether bank employees conspired to avoid sales tax on the trading of carbon emission certificates.

For instance, evaders can make use of the tax-exempt status of non-profit organisations (such as museums) to avoid sales tax.

Providing temporary coverage of major customers by a sales manager or by another salesperson until a permanent replacement is found can avoid sales loss.

The administration favored the extended tax to thwart the common practice of categorizing other goods, like luxury cars, as food and medicine to avoid sales taxes.

First, individual investors should take control of their financial destinies, educate themselves, avoid sales pitches and invest in a well-diversified portfolio of low-cost index funds, like those offered by Vanguard, which operates on a not-for-profit basis.

The head of the outfit, Dr. Flintstein (David Strathairn), explains the options: "Your soul will be stored here, or, if you'd rather avoid sales tax, it can be shipped to our New Jersey warehouse".

Those that remain complain of "showrooming," when shoppers inspect their wares, then leave the store to buy the same products on the Internet, finding lower prices and avoiding sales taxes.

Ms. Giovinazzo contends that increases in property and sales taxes have hurt small retailers and other businesses in the district, because customers are flocking to New Jersey to avoid sales tax.