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

When someone makes money in one state but lives in another, they are generally subject to income tax in the state where they made the money, Raiola said.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026

These figures include only tax filers, not the broader population, some of whom don’t pay state income tax.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026

You can check out the IRS Tax Withholding Estimator, a free online tool that helps workers determine whether they are having the correct amount of federal income tax withheld.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026

It adds between 1% to 3% to these high earners’ personal income tax rates.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026

For years after graduate school, she wrote down poet under profession in questionnaires and income tax forms, and later amended it to writer-slash-teacher.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez