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head tax

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noun

  1. a uniform tax or surcharge imposed upon every person or every adult in a specific group, as on those entering or leaving a country or using a particular service or conveyance.

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Business groups remain vehemently opposed to the head tax.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025

Those include a head tax three times larger than last year’s, plus a local estate tax, a mansion tax and an excess-compensation tax.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 10, 2019

With a health care head tax, you’re basically doubling the cost of hiring a dishwasher.

From Slate • Nov. 5, 2019

The company immediately threatened to stop the construction of two downtown office towers if the head tax was not repealed.

From Fox News • Nov. 5, 2019

The mind shies away from a head tax, a facility tax.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

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