excess-profits tax

American  

[ek-ses prof-its] / ˈɛk sɛs ˈprɒf ɪts /

noun

1. a tax on the profits of a business enterprise in excess of the average profits for a number of base years, or of a specified rate of return on capital.

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Etymology

Origin of excess-profits tax

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

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excess-profits tax

In the repeal of the excess-profits tax, industry found the bonanza it had hoped for.

From Time Magazine Archive

The President, however, let it be known that he still opposes an excess-profits tax and then resumed campaigning in support of his measures.

From Time Magazine Archive

Similarly, while corporate earnings before taxes dropped at an annual rate of $5 billion, declining income-tax payments and the death of the excess-profits tax cut corporate taxes by almost the same amount.

From Time Magazine Archive

Earnings were often up, because of the expiration of the excess-profits tax, even where sales were down.

From Time Magazine Archive

And, as I think I've told you before, the excess-profits tax seemed to me a singularly stupid piece of legislation—but I paid it.

From First Plays by Milne, A. A. (Alan Alexander)