tax
US: /ˈtæks/
UK: /tˈæks/
UK: /tˈæks/
English Vietnamese dictionary
tax /tæks/
- danh từ
- thuế, cước
- (nghĩa bóng) gánh nặng; sự thử thách, sự đòi hỏi lớn
- a tax on one's strength: một gánh nặng đối với sức mình
- ngoại động từ
- đánh thuế, đánh cước
- (nghĩa bóng) đè nặng lên, bắt phải cố gắng
- to tax someone's patience: đòi hỏi ai phải kiên nhẫn rất nhiều
- quy cho, chê
- to tax someone with neglect: chê người nào sao lãng
- (pháp lý) định chi phí kiện tụng
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun [C, U] ~ (on sth) money that you have to pay to the government so that it can pay for public services. People pay tax according to their income and businesses pay tax according to their profits. Tax is also often paid on goods and services: to raise / cut taxes + tax increases / cuts + changes in tax rates + to pay over £1 000 in tax + profits before / after tax + a tax on cigarettes / alcohol + Income tax will be deducted by your employer.
See also -
+ verb [VN]
1 to put a tax on sb/sth; to make sb pay tax: Any interest payments are taxed as part of your income. + His declared aim was to tax the rich.
2 (BrE) to pay tax on a vehicle so that you may use it on the roads: The car is taxed until July.
3 to need a great amount of physical or mental effort: The questions did not tax me. + The problem is currently taxing the brains of the nation's experts (= making them think very hard).
Phrasal Verbs: tax sb with sth (formal) to accuse sb of doing sth wrong: I taxed him with avoiding his responsibility as a parent.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 levy, impost, duty, tariff, assessment, tribute, toll, excise, customs, charge, contribution, Archaic scot, tithe, Brit octroi, cess, rate(s), dues:
Most people try to pay the lowest taxes they can get away with.
2 onus, burden, weight, load, encumbrance, strain, pressure:
The admission of fifty new children put a heavy tax on the school's resources.
v.
3 assess, exact, demand, charge, impose or levy a tax (on), Archaic tithe:
If the government doesn't tax citizens, where will the money come from?
4 burden, strain, put a strain on, try; load, overload, stretch, exhaust; encumber, weigh down, saddle, Brit pressurize, US pressure:
This misbehaviour is really taxing my patience. Our meagre resources were taxed to the limit. Mother was taxed with the responsibility of caring for us.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
high, low | direct, indirect | basic, basic-rate, higher-rate | progressive, redistributive | regressive
A regressive tax, like the poll tax, takes proportionately more of a poor person's income.
| windfall
The privatized utility companies may be faced with a windfall tax on the profits of the last few years.
| back
(informal) The tax office demanded £80,000 in back taxes.
| council, poll | capital, capital gains, income, inheritance, land, profits, property, savings, wealth | consumption, purchase, sales, value added
(= VAT)
| capital transfer, investment | company, corporation | car, road, vehicle
It's time to renew your car tax.
| carbon, energy, fuel, petrol | excise, import
VERB + TAX
pay | impose, introduce, levy, put
Direct taxes could only be levied with the consent of Parliament. The government may put an indirect tax on books.
| collect
the government department responsible for collecting taxes
| deduct
Your employer will deduct the tax for you.
| increase, put up, raise | cut, lower, reduce | abolish | overpay | reclaim | offset sth against, set/write sth off against
Claims for expenses can be set off against tax.
| avoid, escape | evade
She was charged with conspiracy to evade taxes.
TAX + VERB
go up, increase, rise
Taxes look set to rise again.
| come/go down, fall | be chargeable, be payable
the amount on which capital gains tax is payable
TAX + NOUN
payer
(also
taxpayer)
a higher-rate tax payer
| authority/authorities, office, man
(also
taxman)
(informal) She owes the taxman £10,000.
| law, legislation, measures, policy, reform, structure, system | period, year
The tax year begins in April.
| cut, increase | band, bracket, rate, threshold
Her salary puts her in the highest tax band.
| revenue, yield | assessment, form, return
You have to fill in your tax return by tomorrow.
| advantage, allowance, benefit, break, concession, credit, exemption, incentive, perks, rebate, refund, relief
There are tax advantages to working freelance. You will only receive tax relief on the first £30,000.
| affairs, arrangements
His tax affairs are under investigation by the police.
| avoidance | loophole
Her accountant was good at exploiting tax loopholes.
| dodge, evasion, fraud
He gave the Porsche to his mother as a tax dodge.
| dodger | exile
She is living as a tax exile in Monaco.
| haven
The island is a popular tax haven for the very rich.
| collector, consultant, inspector | bill, charge, invoice, payment | arrears
He was ordered to pay $2 million in tax arrears.
| liability
an increase in tax liability on company cars
| burden
putting a new tax burden on the middle classes
| base
By broadening the tax base (= making more people pay tax)the chancellor could raise more revenues.
PREP.
after/before ~
Profits after tax were £262,000.
| in ~
Collectively, smokers pay over £15,000 a day in tax.
| ~ on
introducing a 60% tax on alcohol
PHRASES
for tax purposes
the rules for deciding on someone's residence status for UK tax purposes
| (the basic/higher) rate of tax
an increase in the basic rate of tax
Concise English dictionary
taxes|taxed|taxingtæks
noun
+charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government
verb
+levy a tax on
+set or determine the amount of (a payment such as a fine)
+use to the limit
+make a charge against or accuse
