noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ excessive , heavy , high
▪
the heavy ~ on smokers and drinkers
▪ low
▪ direct , indirect
▪ progressive , redistributive
▪ double
▪
the proposal to eliminate the double ~ of dividends
▪ corporate , income ( esp. AmE ), property
▪
changes in corporate ~
▪ general , personal (both esp. BrE )
▪ federal , local , state
… OF TAXATION
▪ level , rate
▪
a promise to reduce the overall level of ~
VERB + TAXATION
▪ levy
▪
the inability to levy sufficient ~ to meet the costs of government
▪ increase , raise
▪
If the government raises direct ~, it will lose votes.
▪ cut ( BrE ), reduce
▪ eliminate ( esp. BrE )
▪ avoid
▪ be exempt from
▪
Any profits made are totally exempt from ~.
TAXATION + NOUN
▪ policy , system
PREPOSITION
▪ after ~ , before ~ ( BrE )
▪
The loss before ~ was £2.7 million.
▪ from ~
▪
The hospital was funded from ~.
▪ out of ~ ( esp. BrE ), through ~
▪
the power to raise funds through ~
▪ ~ on
▪
increased ~ on oil companies
PHRASES
▪ the burden of ~
▪
The party's policy is to reduce the burden of ~ on the poor.
▪ a form of ~
▪
The charge was seen as just another form of ~.
▪ for ~ purposes ( esp. BrE )
▪
They were treated as a married couple for ~ purposes.