tax burden

noun

: responsibility for paying a greater portion of taxes

The tax burden has been falling increasingly on the middle class.

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Proposition 5 opponents say local taxes tend to fall disproportionately on property owners, so the tax burden itself is undemocratic. —

Andre Mouchard, Orange County Register, 5 Nov. 2024 But the taxation of tips has been the subject of a lot of debate for a long time, mostly because policymakers thought that tipped workers were skipping out on their real tax burden. —

Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024 About 90 percent of taxpayers now take the standard deduction, saving them time and money by forgoing itemization while still reducing their tax burden. —

The Editors, National Review, 14 Oct. 2024 In countries where hospitality is a bigger driver of the economy, the impacts on GDP are expected to be outsized, as fewer people fill those roles while an older population increases the tax burden. —

Jason Ma, Fortune Europe, 14 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for tax burden