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Common collocations with tax in American Collocation

tax noun countable/uncountable

US /tæks/

considered to be unfair

regressive
unfair

Petrol tax is a regressive tax.

considered to be fair

fair
progressive

This would be a far more progressive tax than the existing flat-rate per household.

high/ low

high
low

Their citizens pay some of the highest taxes in Europe.

with a single rate, rather than several rates

flat

They replaced graduated income tax with a flat tax of 25 per cent.

business
capital gains
carbon
corporation
fuel
income
inheritance
land
property
road
tobacco

The protests have led to increases in fuel tax being abandoned.

charge a tax

apply
charge
impose
introduce
levy

Honduras had joined other banana-exporting nations in an agreement to levy an export tax on that fruit.

pay a tax

pay

It seems I didn’t pay any tax on these bonuses.

take tax directly from someone’s pay

deduct

This rule applies to income tax deducted at source from gross income.

avoid paying tax

avoid
defer
evade

This enables the seller of the property to evade tax, by artificially reducing the declared price of the property.

stop charging a tax

abolish
scrap

We also propose to scrap council tax and replace it with a local income tax.