direct tax in English

noun
1
a tax, such as income tax, that is levied on the income or profits of the person who pays it, rather than on goods or services.
The Scottish National Party has called for a return to direct taxes like income tax, under which the rich pay more.

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1. Every citizen should pay direct tax on time.

2. A direct tax placed on emissions of greenhouse gases.

3. In most countries a direct tax on person, called an tax.

4. And shifting toward greater direct tax will promote economic growth and improve income redistribution.

5. The direct tax, altogether included tax, monetary gains tax, tax, tax and stamp duty.

6. Income tax is by far the most important direct tax, alone contributing almost 26% of government receipts.

7. Different systems of abatement have been attempted over the years (purple diesel, direct tax-free sales etc.)

8. These businesses are allowed to declare their income for direct tax purposes under cash based accounting rules.

9. Risky investments do usually have higher yields, and do therefore pay more direct tax than less risky investments.

10. This points to shifting the emphasis away from direct tax on people's incomes and on to taxes on wealth or on spending.

11. Whether they bear the name vat tax, sales tax, poll tax, duty, impost, excise, capitation, flat, stamp, or whatever other name, they nevertheless all remain either a direct tax or an indirect tax.

12. ‘His Confessedly eclectic work was a temperate defence of the moderns in the debate between the ancients and the moderns.’ ‘My list, however, was Confessedly incomplete.’ ‘The law did not provide for the apportionment of the tax, and, if it was a direct tax, the law was Confessedly …