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processing tax

American  

noun

  1. a tax levied by the government at an intermediate stage in the production of goods.


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By staying fully staffed, the IRS should be able to continue processing tax returns and issuing refunds during a shutdown.

From MarketWatch Jan. 30, 2026

The rest of the funding is meant to bring the IRS into the digital age by upgrading its decades-old technology and chipping away at its backlog of processing tax returns.

From Washington Times Feb. 15, 2023

The agency is currently grappling with a worker shortage and an expanded workload processing tax filings and administering pandemic-related programs.

From Seattle Times Apr. 14, 2022

She grew frustrated that her role, which was supposed to entail coding and processing tax forms, was consumed by opening envelopes and sorting mail because of a shortage of labor.

From New York Times Mar. 4, 2022

Actually in that shirt there was about one pound of cotton and the processing tax amounted to four and a quarter cents on that pound of cotton.

From The Fireside Chats of Franklin Delano Roosevelt by Roosevelt, Franklin Delano

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