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

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Etymology

Origin of income tax

First recorded in 1790–1800

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

income tax

In 2012, California voters approved a temporary increase in the income tax rate for the top 2% of California earners.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

Even in 2031 you'll be able to take home a bigger proportion of your earnings before income tax than you could back in 2008.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

The city does not impose a local sales or income tax, and Michigan does not tax Social Security income.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026

Peter Thiel disclosed Dec. 31 that he opened a new office in Miami; Florida has no wealth tax or income tax.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

She clipped the receipt for the box of chalk to her ledger book so that she could list it in the column of itemized deductions that always accompanied her income tax returns.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

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