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head tax

American

noun

a uniform tax or surcharge imposed upon every person or every adult in a specific group, as on those entering or leaving a country or using a particular service or conveyance.

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“I am not a supporter of the head tax at any level,” Alderman Pat Dowell, whom Mr. Johnson appointed to the finance committee, told reporters this month.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025

“I don’t think we’re going to see a head tax the way it was put together before, but I think we’ll see more nuanced taxation” aimed at outlier companies, Burbank added.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 10, 2019

With a health care head tax, you’re basically doubling the cost of hiring a dishwasher.

From Slate ● Nov. 5, 2019

The company immediately threatened to stop the construction of two downtown office towers if the head tax was not repealed.

From Fox News ● Nov. 5, 2019

The mind shies away from a head tax, a facility tax.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

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