excess-profits tax
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of excess-profits tax
First recorded in 1910–15
Example Sentences
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To do this, said Hopkins, the Administration should: � Remove the excess-profits tax as "soon as the threat of inflation" vanishes.
From Time Magazine Archive
Says Pechman: "An excess-profits tax is an invitation to corporations to spend money like water to get out from under it �by paying huge salaries or bonuses or even making misguided investments."
From Time Magazine Archive
No excess-profits tax has been levied on U.S. corporations since the Korean War.
From Time Magazine Archive
The death of the excess-profits tax, easy money, and the prospect of continued fat dividends as well as lower taxes on them�have also made stocks look like better buys.
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)
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