tax rate

American  

noun

1. the percentage of the value of a property to be paid as a tax.

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tax rate British  

noun

1. the percentage of income, wealth, etc, assessed as payable in taxation

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Etymology

Origin of tax rate

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

A poorly timed conversion could eliminate deductions worth tens of thousands of dollars, effectively raising your true tax rate far beyond what your bracket suggests.

From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026

As equity typically earns about 9% a year, that asset tax would constitute a marginal tax rate on the very richest of just 11% of their average annual gain.

From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026

Under a program called RIGI, he loosened foreign-exchange controls for companies and provided tax stability for 30 years while reducing the corporate tax rate.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

The tax reimbursement estimate for Zaslav, who lives in New York, was “calculated based on a 20.00% excise tax rate and an estimated effective tax rate of 54.126% ,” Warner said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

Every penny in the pound in the tax rate produces 2,500,000 pounds sterling, or $12,500,000, nearly one half the national income tax of the United States for 1913.

From The Audacious War by Barron, Clarence W. (Clarence Walker)