tax burden
Americannoun
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tax burdens
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the amount of tax paid by a person, group, or population.
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the biggest share of tax due or paid to the government, collected from a particular segment of the population.
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Allen Simpson, chief executive of the trade body UKHospitality, said the tax burden for the sector had "grown disproportionately" in recent years.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
“I will also fight to reduce the tax burden on small businesses so they can invest in raising wages for the working families they employ,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Yet critics said making up the lost revenue with a higher sales tax would just shift more of the tax burden to lower- and middle-income households, as well as to senior citizens on fixed incomes.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
However, his room for maneuver is constrained because both the tax burden and government borrowing are already near historic highs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
The tax burden - a measure of the state's immersion in the economy - still equals more than two fifths of gross domestic product in all members of the European Union.
From The Belgian Curtain Europe after Communism by Samuel Vaknin
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