to levy a tax on (income, a person, etc)

to pay tax on (a vehicle)

to make strenuous demands on (somebody, a person's patience, etc)

(+ with) to charge (somebody) with a fault, or blame them for it

Shakespeare has been sometimes taxed with the barbarism of profuseness and exaggeration — J R Lowell

to assess (the legal costs of a case)

a charge, usu of money, imposed by a government on individuals, organizations, or property, esp to raise revenue

In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes — Benjamin Franklin

a heavy demand or strain