tax burden
noun
the amount of tax paid by a person, group, or population.
tax burdens
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pluralof tax burden.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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They are touting the way data centers are shifting tax burdens off nearby households in some cases.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Already saddled with some of the nation’s highest combined tax burdens, New York City cannot afford policies that accelerate outmigration, deter investment and stifle growth.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 18, 2026
There was no increase in migration out of the states where tax burdens rose.
From Salon ● Dec. 5, 2025
Their stand-off refusing a court order to collect higher taxes on the borough’s poorer residents ultimately led to the passing of a bill to better equalise tax burdens between the rich and poor.
From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2024
Meanwhile the English treasury had been put to enormous charges, and the English people groaned beneath the unwonted tax burdens which they had to bear.
From Benjamin Franklin by John T. (John Torrey) Morse
