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 [tækˈseɪʃən]

n

1. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Accounting & Book-keeping) the act or principle of levying taxes or the condition of being taxed

2. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Accounting & Book-keeping)

a.  an amount assessed as tax

b.  a tax rate

3. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) revenue from taxes

taxational  adj

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]

A. N (= taxes) → impuestos mpl, contribuciones fpl; (= system) → sistema m tributario

B. CPD taxation system N → sistema m tributario, tributación f

taxation [tækˈseɪʃ^ən] n

(= system) → taxation f

(= taxes) → contributions fpl
The government may reduce taxation → Le gouvernement pourrait réduire les contributions.
tax avoidance n → optimisation f fiscale
tax break n → allégement m fiscal
tax collector n → percepteur/trice m/f
tax credit n → crédit m d'impôt
tax cut n → réduction f d'impôt
tax-deductible [ˌtæksdɪˈdʌktəb^əl] adj → déductible du revenu imposable
tax disc n (British) (AUTOMOBILES) → vignette f, vignette f automobile
tax evasion n → évasion f fiscale
tax-exempt [ˌtæksɪgˈzɛm^pt] adj → exonéré(e) d'impôts
tax exemption n → exonération f fiscale
tax exile n

(= person) → personne f qui s'expatrie pour raisons fiscales
to be in tax exile → être en exil m fiscal

(= situation) → exil m fiscal
tax form n → formulaire m de déclaration de revenus
tax-free [ˌtæksˈfriː] adj → exonéré(e) d'impôts
tax haven n → paradis m fiscal

taxation

n → Besteuerung f; (= taxes also) → Steuern pl; money acquired from taxation → Steuereinnahmen or -einkünfte pl; exempt from taxation → nicht besteuert; goods, income also → steuerfrei; subject to taxation → steuerpflichtig

taxation [tækˈseɪʃ/ən] n (act) → tassazione f; (taxes) → imposte fpl, tasse fpl
system of taxation → sistema m fiscale