tax burden
Americannoun
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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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So minimizing your tax burden is “the most important thing an individual investor has to consider,” says Ang, “but it’s one of the last things investors consider.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
If it’s a simple trust, the trust may be required to distribute all income annually, which pushes the tax burden onto your beneficiaries.
From MarketWatch • May 23, 2026
Palty doesn’t have a website yet but said his campaign is built around reducing the tax burden for residents and eliminating waste and fraud in the assessor’s office.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
Refunds aren’t a full window into a household’s tax burden; they’re the amount of overpaid taxes.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 13, 2026
But intangible property, such as bonds, stocks, or mortgage, can easily be hidden, so that owners of this type of property often evade their share of the tax burden.
From Problems in American Democracy by Williamson, Thames Ross
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