taxation

tax·a·tion  (tk-sshn)

n.

1.

a. The act or practice of imposing taxes.

b. The fact of being taxed.

2. An assessed amount of tax.

3. Revenue gained from taxes.

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taxation

Noun

the levying of taxes or the condition of being taxed

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	taxation - charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government revenue enhancement, tax withholding - the act of deducting from an employee's salary imposition, infliction - the act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo) accumulator, collector, gatherer - a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes) net estate - the estate remaining after debts and funeral expenses and administrative expenses have been deducted from the gross estate; the estate then left to be distributed (and subject to federal and state inheritance taxes) disposable income - income (after taxes) that is available to you for saving or spending unearned income, unearned revenue - personal income that you did not earn (e.g., dividends or interest or rent income) deductible - (taxes) an amount that can be deducted (especially for the purposes of calculating income tax) budget items, operating cost, operating expense, overhead - the expense of maintaining property (e.g., paying property taxes and utilities and insurance); it does not include depreciation or the cost of financing or income taxes levy - a charge imposed and collected single tax - a system of taxation in which a tax is levied on a single commodity (usually land) income tax - a personal tax levied on annual income capital gains tax - a tax on capital gains; "he avoided the capital gains tax by short selling" capital levy - a tax on capital or property departure tax - a tax that is levied when you are departing a country by land or sea or air franchise tax - a tax that is imposed by states on corporations; it depends both on the net worth of the corporation and on its net income attributable to activities within the state gift tax - a tax imposed on transfers of property by gift during the lifetime of the giver direct tax - a tax paid directly by the person or organization on whom it is levied indirect tax - a tax levied on goods or services rather than on persons or organizations hidden tax - a tax paid unwittingly by the consumer (such as ad valorem taxes) capitation - a tax levied on the basis of a fixed amount per person graduated tax, progressive tax - any tax in which the rate increases as the amount subject to taxation increases proportional tax - any tax in which the rate is constant as the amount subject to taxation increases degressive tax - any tax in which the rate decreases as the amount subject to taxation increases rates - a local tax on property (usually used in the plural) stamp duty, stamp tax - a tax collected by requiring a stamp to be purchased and attached (usually on documents or publications) pavage - a tax toward paving streets transfer tax - any tax levied on the passing of title to property special assessment - an additional tax levied on private property for public improvements that enhance the value of the property charge - financial liabilities (such as a tax); "the charges against the estate" deductible - acceptable as a deduction (especially as a tax deduction) progressive - (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount of income increases regressive - (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate decreases as the amount of income increases
	2.	taxation - government income due to taxation     tax income, tax revenue, revenue government income, government revenue - income available to the government internal revenue - government revenue from domestic sources (excluding customs)
	3.	taxation - the imposition of taxes; the practice of the government in levying taxes on the subjects of a state imposition, infliction - the act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo)

Translations

taxation [tækˈseɪʃən] n → impuestos mpl;

system of taxation → sistema m tributario

taxation [tækˈseɪʃən] n → taxation f; impôts mpl, contributions fpl;

system of taxation → système fiscal

taxation [tækˈseɪʃən] tax n (system) → Besteuerung f;

(money paid) → Steuern pl

taxation [tækˈseɪʃən] n → tassazione f; tasse fpl; imposte fpl;

system of taxation → sistema m fiscale