head tax

American  

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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head tax

Now, Johnson is pushing perhaps his most divisive revenue idea yet: the corporate head tax, initially pitched as $21-per-employee each month for businesses with over 100 employees.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025

“We need to look at what happened with the head tax last time and think strategically about how to do this better,” counter opposition early and explain the rationale to residents, she said.

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The company immediately threatened to stop the construction of two downtown office towers if the head tax was not repealed.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