单词 | taxation |
释义 | taxation (once / 756 pages) n Taxation refers to the practice of a government collecting money from its citizens to pay for public services. Without taxation, there would be no public libraries or parks. One of the most frequently debated political topics is taxation. Taxation is the practice of collecting taxes (money) from citizens based on their earnings and property. The money raised from taxation supports the government and allows it to fund police and courts, have a military, build and maintain roads, along with many other services. Taxation is the price of being a citizen, though politicians and citizens often argue about how much taxation is too little or too much. WORD FAMILYtaxation: taxations+/overtax: overtaxed, overtaxes, overtaxing/tax: overtax, supertax, taxable, taxation, taxed, taxer, taxes, taxing/taxable: nontaxable, taxability/taxed: untaxed/taxer: taxers/taxing: taxingly USAGE EXAMPLESIt is not a coincidence, as old Marxists used to say, that his proposed cuts to personal taxation would shower cash on the already wealthy. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) The contribution from benefit taxation never accounts for more than a small percentage of the total costs of Social Security. Seattle Times(Dec 31, 2016) Et voila: finally a system of corporate taxation that raises revenue efficiently, discourages debt and promotes capital investment right here in the USA. Washington Post(Dec 21, 2016) 1n the imposition of taxes; the practice of the government in levying taxes on the subjects of a state Hyper imposition, infliction the act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo) 2n charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government Syn|Hypo|Hyper revenue enhancement, tax single tax a system of taxation in which a tax is levied on a single commodity (usually land) income taxa personal tax levied on annual income capital gains taxa tax on capital gains capital levya tax on capital or property departure taxa tax that is levied when you are departing a country by land or sea or air franchise taxa 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 taxa tax imposed on transfers of property by gift during the lifetime of the giver direct taxa tax paid directly by the person or organization on whom it is levied indirect taxa tax levied on goods or services rather than on persons or organizations capitationa tax levied on the basis of a fixed amount per person graduated tax, progressive taxany tax in which the rate increases as the amount subject to taxation increases proportional taxany tax in which the rate is constant as the amount subject to taxation increases degressive taxany tax in which the rate decreases as the amount subject to taxation increases ratesa local tax on property (usually used in the plural) stamp duty, stamp taxa tax collected by requiring a stamp to be purchased and attached (usually on documents or publications) pavagea tax toward paving streets transfer taxany tax levied on the passing of title to property special assessmentan additional tax levied on private property for public improvements that enhance the value of the property bracket creepa movement into a higher tax bracket as taxable income increases estimated taxincome tax paid periodically on income that is not subject to withholding taxes; based on the taxpayer's predicted tax liability FICAa tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system withholding, withholding taxincome tax withheld from employees' wages and paid directly to the government by the employer land tax, property taxa capital tax on property imposed by municipalities; based on the estimated value of the property death duty, death tax, estate tax, inheritance taxa tax on the estate of the deceased person hidden taxa tax paid unwittingly by the consumer (such as ad valorem taxes) poll taxa tax of a fixed amount per person and payable as a requirement for the right to vote poor ratesa local tax for the relief of the poor supertax, surtaxan additional tax on certain kinds of income that has already been taxed duty, tariffa government tax on imports or exports excise, excise taxa tax that is measured by the amount of business done (not on property or income from real estate) levy a charge imposed and collected 3n government income due to taxation Syn|Hypo|Hyper revenue, tax income, tax revenue internal revenue government revenue from domestic sources (excluding customs) government income, government revenue income available to the government |
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