tax

Noun
  1. Charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government (synset 113330021)
    associated with:
    • withholding - the act of deducting from an employee's salary
    • imposition, infliction - the act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo)
    • accumulator, collector, gatherer - a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes)
    • net estate - the estate remaining after debts and funeral expenses and administrative expenses have been deducted from the gross estate; the estate then left to be distributed (and subject to federal and state inheritance taxes)
    • disposable income - income (after taxes) that is available to you for saving or spending
    • unearned income, unearned revenue - personal income that you did not earn (e.g., dividends or interest or rent income)
    • deductible - (taxes) an amount that can be deducted (especially for the purposes of calculating income tax)
    • budget items, operating cost, operating expense, overhead - the expense of maintaining property (e.g., paying property taxes and utilities and insurance); it does not include depreciation or the cost of financing or income taxes
    • hidden tax - a tax paid unwittingly by the consumer (such as ad valorem taxes)
    • charge - financial liabilities (such as a tax)
    • deductible - acceptable as a deduction (especially as a tax deduction)
    • progressive - (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount of income increases
    • regressive - (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate decreases as the amount of income increases
    is a type of: levy - a charge imposed and collected
    subtypes:
    • single tax - a system of taxation in which a tax is levied on a single commodity (usually land)
    • income tax - a personal tax levied on annual income
    • capital gains tax - a tax on capital gains
    • capital levy - a tax on capital or property
    • departure tax - a tax that is levied when you are departing a country by land or sea or air
    • franchise tax - a tax that is imposed by states on corporations; it depends both on the net worth of the corporation and on its net income attributable to activities within the state
    • gift tax - a tax imposed on transfers of property by gift during the lifetime of the giver
    • direct tax - a tax paid directly by the person or organization on whom it is levied
    • indirect tax - a tax levied on goods or services rather than on persons or organizations
    • capitation - a tax levied on the basis of a fixed amount per person
    • graduated tax, progressive tax - any tax in which the rate increases as the amount subject to taxation increases
    • proportional tax - any tax in which the rate is constant as the amount subject to taxation increases
    • degressive tax - any tax in which the rate decreases as the amount subject to taxation increases
    • rates - a local tax on property (usually used in the plural)
    • stamp duty, stamp tax - a tax collected by requiring a stamp to be purchased and attached (usually on documents or publications)
    • pavage - a tax toward paving streets
    • transfer tax - any tax levied on the passing of title to property
    • special assessment - an additional tax levied on private property for public improvements that enhance the value of the property
    same as: revenue enhancement, taxation
Verb
  1. Levy a tax on (synset 202312527)
    "The State taxes alcohol heavily"; "Clothing is not taxed in our state"
    is a type of: impose, levy - impose and collect
    subtypes:
  2. Set or determine the amount of (a payment such as a fine) (synset 202313369)
    is a type of: determine, set - fix conclusively or authoritatively
    same as: assess
    verb group: assess - charge (a person or a property) with a payment, such as a tax or a fine
  3. Use to the limit (synset 201168553)
    "you are taxing my patience"
    is a type of: extend, strain - use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity
    same as: task
  4. Make a charge against or accuse (synset 200845840)
    "They taxed him failure to appear in court"
    is a type of: charge - make an accusatory claim

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