indirect tax
noun
a tax levied indirectly, as one levied on commodities before they reach the consumer but ultimately paid by the consumer as part of the market price.
indirect taxation
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a word derived from
indirect tax.
Example Sentences
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In Pakistan, about 70% of tax revenue comes via indirect taxation.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 7, 2017
This all has to happen at a time when the government has pledged to both cut corporate tax rates and refrain from increasing indirect taxation until spring 2017 at the earliest.
From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2014
The main culprit is indirect taxation, and particularly VAT.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 25, 2012
That leaves the government relying on salaried Greeks and indirect taxation for revenue.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 31, 2011
In them the armies are incorporated in the Prussian army; the railways are generally merged in the Prussian system; indirect taxation, post office, Waldeck. and nearly the whole of the judicial arrangements are imperial.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" by Various
