Tax
noun
Money people must pay to the government.
He forgot to pay his income tax and had to pay a fine.
Often appears as...
- income tax
- value-added tax
verb
Demanding too much from something or someone.
The extra work is taxing her strength.
Often appears as...
- tax someone's patience
- tax one's strength
verb
Charging someone with a crime or accusation.
She was taxed with negligence.
Often appears as...
- tax someone with an accusation
- tax someone with a crime
Usage tips
Formal
Legal
verb
Imposing a tax on something or someone.
Goods from outside the European Union are taxed at a higher rate.
Often appears as...
- tax goods
- tax an individual
noun
Money people must pay to the government.
He forgot to pay his income tax and had to pay a fine.
Often appears as...
- income tax
- value-added tax
verb
Demanding too much from something or someone.
The extra work is taxing her strength.
Often appears as...
- tax someone's patience
- tax one's strength
verb
Charging someone with a crime or accusation.
She was taxed with negligence.
Often appears as...
- tax someone with an accusation
- tax someone with a crime
Usage tips
Formal
Legal
verb
Imposing a tax on something or someone.
Goods from outside the European Union are taxed at a higher rate.
Often appears as...
- tax goods
- tax an individual
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Government Funding
Taxes are essential for public services like roads, schools, and healthcare.
Road maintenance is funded by vehicle tax.
Pro Tip 2/3Mandatory Payment
Paying tax isn't optional; not paying can lead to legal trouble.
She was audited for not declaring her taxes correctly.
Pro Tip 3/3Types of Tax
There are various taxes such as on income, purchases (sales tax), and property.
Sales tax is added at the checkout.
Pro Tip 1/3Government Funding
Taxes are essential for public services like roads, schools, and healthcare.
Road maintenance is funded by vehicle tax.
Pro Tip 2/3Mandatory Payment
Paying tax isn't optional; not paying can lead to legal trouble.
She was audited for not declaring her taxes correctly.
Pro Tip 3/3Types of Tax
There are various taxes such as on income, purchases (sales tax), and property.
Sales tax is added at the checkout.
Pro Tip 1/3Government Funding
Taxes are essential for public services like roads, schools, and healthcare.
Road maintenance is funded by vehicle tax.
Pro Tip 2/3Mandatory Payment
Paying tax isn't optional; not paying can lead to legal trouble.
She was audited for not declaring her taxes correctly.
Pro Tip 3/3Types of Tax
There are various taxes such as on income, purchases (sales tax), and property.
Sales tax is added at the checkout.
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A Mysterious Fungus Is...
percent of mortality that's added on top of what's already occurring those are the kinds of things that can drive these populations to extinction it seems to be an increasing phenomenon that emerging infectious diseases have been impacting wildlife species across different taxes such as bat white nose syndrome and
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How exposing anonymous...
are reluctant to lose business. And some of the most popular places for this practice are located not on remote, tropical tax shelters, but within the same advanced nations which claim to be leading the fight for global financial transparency. But still, it's a fight worth fighting.
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Do tax cuts stimulate...
The idea behind tax cuts is that if taxes are too high, people will be less willing to work, which would ultimately decrease tax revenue. So at a lower tax rate, the government might actually gain more tax money that it can theoretically put towards improving life for its citizens,
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Fact-checking the Bible...
why in the world would you have a census that required people to go back to their ancestral homeland when the whole point of a census is to find out where you are now so we can get your tax money like if you go back one generation for me where's my ancestral homeland do I go
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How do US Supreme Court...
Many other factors come up for consideration, as well, including experience, personal loyalties, ethnicity, and gender. The candidates are then thoroughly vetted down to their tax records and payments to domestic help. Once the president interviews the candidate
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How the blockchain is...
that we're seeing growing in the world today, Brexit being the most recent case. So could we develop some new approaches to this problem of inequality? Because the only approach today is to redistribute wealth, tax people and spread it around more.
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The true cost of gold - ...
indicating that gold smuggling is happening on a massive scale, without ever being subject to taxes. All of this creates a vicious cycle, forcing a continued reliance on the corporations that helped create the situation in the first place.
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The dirty secret of...
We could choose to enact economic policies that raise taxes on the rich, regulate powerful corporations or raise wages for workers. We have done it before. But neoliberal economists would warn
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A Sticky Gecko PIPE Space...
been taxing scientific minds ever since Aristotle but of course they're remarkable feet go back much further than that maybe there are clues from their past worldwide there are a
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What caused the French...
and they were the only ones who paid taxes, not just to the king, but to the other Estates as well. In bad harvest years, taxation could leave peasants with almost nothing
Video examples
A Mysterious Fungus Is...
percent of mortality that's added on top of what's already occurring those are the kinds of things that can drive these populations to extinction it seems to be an increasing phenomenon that emerging infectious diseases have been impacting wildlife species across different taxes such as bat white nose syndrome and
Video examples
How exposing anonymous...
are reluctant to lose business. And some of the most popular places for this practice are located not on remote, tropical tax shelters, but within the same advanced nations which claim to be leading the fight for global financial transparency. But still, it's a fight worth fighting.
Video examples
Do tax cuts stimulate...
The idea behind tax cuts is that if taxes are too high, people will be less willing to work, which would ultimately decrease tax revenue. So at a lower tax rate, the government might actually gain more tax money that it can theoretically put towards improving life for its citizens,
Video examples
Fact-checking the Bible...
why in the world would you have a census that required people to go back to their ancestral homeland when the whole point of a census is to find out where you are now so we can get your tax money like if you go back one generation for me where's my ancestral homeland do I go
Video examples
How do US Supreme Court...
Many other factors come up for consideration, as well, including experience, personal loyalties, ethnicity, and gender. The candidates are then thoroughly vetted down to their tax records and payments to domestic help. Once the president interviews the candidate
Video examples
How the blockchain is...
that we're seeing growing in the world today, Brexit being the most recent case. So could we develop some new approaches to this problem of inequality? Because the only approach today is to redistribute wealth, tax people and spread it around more.
Video examples
The true cost of gold - ...
indicating that gold smuggling is happening on a massive scale, without ever being subject to taxes. All of this creates a vicious cycle, forcing a continued reliance on the corporations that helped create the situation in the first place.
Video examples
The dirty secret of...
We could choose to enact economic policies that raise taxes on the rich, regulate powerful corporations or raise wages for workers. We have done it before. But neoliberal economists would warn
Video examples
A Sticky Gecko PIPE Space...
been taxing scientific minds ever since Aristotle but of course they're remarkable feet go back much further than that maybe there are clues from their past worldwide there are a
Video examples
What caused the French...
and they were the only ones who paid taxes, not just to the king, but to the other Estates as well. In bad harvest years, taxation could leave peasants with almost nothing
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Barack Obama
American President
I will cut taxes - cut taxes - for 95 percent of all working families, because, in an economy like this, the last thing we should do is raise taxes on the middle class.
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Milton Friedman
American Economist
The most important ways in which I think the Internet will affect the big issue is that it will make it more difficult for government to collect taxes.
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J. K. Rowling
English Author
I pay a lot of tax, and I feel, one of the reasons I stay and pay why I'm not based in Monaco... I think my country helped me.
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Edmund Burke
Irish Statesman
To tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not given to men.
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Benjamin Franklin
American Politician
In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.
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Serge Schmemann
Journalist
The lesson for the next U.S. president: Raise the taxes on fuel. A lot.
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Puneet Issar
Indian Actor
Though I enjoy playing historical characters, it is very taxing.
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Charles Dudley Warner
American Journalist
The thing generally raised on city land is taxes.
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Thomas Peterffy
Hungarian Businessman
I paid $1.9 billion in taxes in my lifetime.
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Charlie Baker
American Politician
I'm not going to raise taxes.
Quote examples
Barack Obama
American President
I will cut taxes - cut taxes - for 95 percent of all working families, because, in an economy like this, the last thing we should do is raise taxes on the middle class.
Quote examples
Milton Friedman
American Economist
The most important ways in which I think the Internet will affect the big issue is that it will make it more difficult for government to collect taxes.
Quote examples
J. K. Rowling
English Author
I pay a lot of tax, and I feel, one of the reasons I stay and pay why I'm not based in Monaco... I think my country helped me.
Quote examples
Edmund Burke
Irish Statesman
To tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not given to men.
Quote examples
Benjamin Franklin
American Politician
In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.
Quote examples
Serge Schmemann
Journalist
The lesson for the next U.S. president: Raise the taxes on fuel. A lot.
Quote examples
Puneet Issar
Indian Actor
Though I enjoy playing historical characters, it is very taxing.
Quote examples
Charles Dudley Warner
American Journalist
The thing generally raised on city land is taxes.
Quote examples
Thomas Peterffy
Hungarian Businessman
I paid $1.9 billion in taxes in my lifetime.
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Charlie Baker
American Politician
I'm not going to raise taxes.
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