tax burden

American  

[taks bur-duhn] / ˈtæks ˌbɜr dən /

noun

plural

tax burdens

1. the amount of tax paid by a person, group, or population.

2. the biggest share of tax due or paid to the government, collected from a particular segment of the population.

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Example Sentences

Palty doesn’t have a website yet but said his campaign is built around reducing the tax burden for residents and eliminating waste and fraud in the assessor’s office.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

She would pay taxes on the money before contributing it to this after-tax retirement account, but it provides a way to diversify her tax burden in retirement.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026

This served as a model for the OECD’s Pillar 2—except it was never intended to impose an additional tax burden on companies already paying substantial taxes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026

Large-scale mining firms in Ghana already face a high tax burden, including a five percent royalty on gross revenue and a 35 percent corporate income tax, the chamber said.

From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026

Such works are productive of wealth and in the long run tend to a reduction of the tax burden.

From State of the Union Address by Coolidge, Calvin