direct tax

noun

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: a tax exacted directly from the taxpayer

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Twenty states have tax-credit scholarships, 16 have Education Savings Accounts, 10 plus the District of Columbia have vouchers, five have direct tax credits and two have tax-credit educations savings accounts, per the analysis by Education Week. — Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025 According to the Indian Ministry of Finance, direct tax revenues grew by roughly 14% to 18% year-over-year in the fiscal cycle immediately after the ban on the larger cash notes. — Garth Friesen, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025 But economists and policy experts said the plan isn't likely to materialize, citing the implausibility of finding anywhere near $2 trillion in federal cuts, as well as the legislative hurdles in approving such a direct tax payment. — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 20 Feb. 2025 Again, importing workers from outside the U.S. that are predominantly indirect tax people into tax leadership roles in the U.S., which is predominantly a direct tax environment, is just not risk tolerance available. — Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for direct tax

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First Known Use

1770, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of direct tax was in 1770

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direct tax

noun
: a tax imposed on a taxpayer himself or herself or on his or her property compare excise

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