direct taxnoun [ C usually singular ]
uk/ˌdaɪ.rekt ˈtæks/us/ˌdaɪ.rekt ˈtæks/the money that people must pay to the government themselves, such as income tax, rather than through someone else
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Taxation
- capital gains tax
- capitation
- chargeable
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- custom
- inheritance tax
- levy
- National Insurance
- octroi
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- rateable value
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- tax break
- tax credit
- tax exile
- tax-deductible
- tax-exempt
- VATable
- welfare state
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direct taxation
noun [ U ] ukus
Examples from literature
- All must agree that the direct tax was lawfully and constitutionally laid and that it was rightfully and correctly collected.
- It amounts, in effect, to a direct tax on travel, and falls heavily on the hundreds of young men of limited means, who annually visit Europe for the purpose of completing their education.
- The money raised by this direct tax was collected and expended twenty-seven years ago.
- There is a direct tax upon property of ½ per cent. upon its valuation, and specific taxes of a dollar on every horse above two years old, and a dollar and a half on each dog.
- They have the right to place a direct tax upon property.