income tax

American  

noun

income taxes plural

1. a tax levied on incomes, especially an annual government tax on personal incomes.

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income tax British  

noun

1. a personal tax, usually progressive, levied on annual income subject to certain deductions

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• income taxes
  plural

Etymology

Origin of income tax

First recorded in 1790–1800

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

income tax

Missouri’s income tax generates some $9 billion a year or about 61% of general revenue.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

The i Paper says the new Chancellor John Healey has given a commitment that pensioners whose only earnings are the state pension will not pay income tax.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

Exempting them from income tax wouldn’t harm government revenues because Treasury doesn’t receive anything for them now.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

Under current government policy, income tax and National Insurance thresholds have been frozen until April 2031 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

Please don’t try to file an income tax at your age.

From "Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago" by LeAlan Jones