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tax n. a governmental assessment (charge) upon property value, transactions (transfers and sales), licenses granting a right, and/or income. These include Federal and state income taxes, county and city taxes on real property, state and/or local sales tax based on a percentage of each retail transaction, duties on imports from foreign countries, business licenses, Federal tax (and some states' taxes) on the estates of persons who have died, taxes on large gifts, and a state "use" tax in lieu of sales tax imposed on certain goods bought outside of the state. (See: income tax, estate tax, gift tax, use tax, unified estate and gift tax, franchise tax) tax noun assessment, capitation, charge, dues, duty, exaction, exactment, excise, imposition, impost, levy, pollage, portorium, scot, tariff, taxation, tithe, toll, tribute, vectigal Associated concepts: action for taxes, ad valorem tax, apportionment of taxes, back taxes, collection of taxes, current tax, delinquent tax, direct tax, discriminatory tax, douule taxation, estate tax, evasion of taxation, excess profits tax, excessive tax, excise tax, federal estate tax, federal taxes, franchise tax, general tax, graduated tax, income tax, indirect tax, inheritance tax, land tax, levy a tax, power of taxation, power to tax, progressive tax, propprty tax, proportional tax, regulatory tax, retroactive tax, sales tax, tax anticipation note, tax assessor, tax deed, tax district, tax lien, tax roll, tax sale, tax title, tax warrants, transfer tax, withholding taxes tax (Levy), verb assess, collect, exact, lay a duty, require tax (Overwork), verb burden, cumber, debilitate, deprive of strength, disable, drain, encumber, exact, fatigue, load, make excessive demands, oppress, overexercise, overexert, overfatigue, overload, overstrain, overtire, overuse, push too far, require, saddle with, strain, task, tire out, tyrannize, use hard, weaken, wear down, wear out, weary, weigh down See also: assess, assessment, charge, coerce, compel, cost, deplete, encumber, enforce, exact, excise, exhaust, fine, force, hinder, impose, levy, rebuke, reproach, require, toll How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Part of the reason for this is society's increasing reliance on the Internal Revenue Code, not merely to raise revenue from individuals and entities to fund governmental operations, foster economic growth, and enable prosperity, but also to advance social and economic policies that, while perhaps laudable, impose heavy costs on the tax system and its participants. Brooks points out, however, that this increase is not a result of the tax system becoming more progressive. 1 states that our self-assessment tax system can only function effectively if taxpayers file tax returns that are true, correct and complete. |
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