tax burden

American  

[taks bur-duhn] / ˈtæks ˌbɜr dən /

noun

• tax burdens
  plural

1. the amount of tax paid by a person, group, or population.

2. the biggest share of tax due or paid to the government, collected from a particular segment of the population.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• tax burdens
  plural

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Example Sentences

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tax burden

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

The website, created by Tax Foundation senior fellow Jared Walczak, lets users look up the estimated tax burden for NFL players, plus it shows how transferring to a different team would change the numbers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

There is also an estate-planning consideration: Roth assets would provide our children with tax-free distributions, whereas traditional retirement accounts could create a tax burden.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026

The increasing tax burden on income and estates has greatly accelerated a trend toward creation of foundations as instruments for the retention of control over capital assets that would otherwise be lost....

From The Invisible Government by Dan Smoot

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