taxation

Word family  noun tax taxation adjective taxable taxing verb tax

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tax·a·tion /tækˈseɪʃən/ ●○○ noun [uncountable] formal  1  PETthe system of charging taxes 征税，课税，税收（制度） the government’s economic and taxation policy 政府的经济和税收政策direct taxation (=tax on income) 直接税〔即所得税〕indirect taxation (=tax on things you buy) 间接税〔即商品或货物税〕2  PETmoney collected from taxes 税收，税款 higher levels of taxation 较高的税率

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taxation• No order for costs save legal aid taxation.• The landowners were able to express their views on problems of internal security, foreign affairs, and taxation increases.• How do I protect my investments from taxation?• He also maintained that increases in public expenditure would lead to increased taxation and higher unemployment.• Yet after 1337 no further papal taxation was levied until 1362.• Can the right hon. Gentleman explain how the costs of extending national insurance or raising taxation will help employment?• That perhaps gives us some idea of what the regional taxation profile will look like.indirect taxation• Comprehensive statutes deal with the direct and indirect taxation of individuals and companies.• Radical cuts to income tax plus large increases in national insurance and indirect taxation have made the tax system far more regressive.• As for indirect taxation, estimated Engel curves relate the expenditure of groups of households on taxed goods to total expenditure.• For example, the Long-term programme of Economic Stabilization recommended that there should be a shift away from indirect taxation towards direct taxation.• The government's budget was strengthened by increased customs revenue and more particularly by a spectacular rise in indirect taxation.• For individuals, the costs of maintaining a safe environment are, however, by no means all in the category of indirect taxation.• Sales taxes are another form of indirect taxation popular in the South.• The recent shift towards indirect taxation would have lowered even further the position of this country in the comparative scene.From Longman Business Dictionarytaxationtax‧a‧tion /tækˈseɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]TAX1the act or system of charging taxesThese reforms will occur at the same time as changes in banking and taxation.Reinvested profits would be exempt from taxation (=would not be taxed). → capital taxation → deferred taxation → direct taxation → discriminatory taxation → double taxation → indirect taxation → multiple taxation2money collected from taxesWe’ll have to consider even higher taxation in the next year or two. → see also equity of taxation

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taxation
tax‧a‧tion /tækˈseɪʃən/ noun [uncountable] formal1. the system of charging taxes:
    the government’s economic and taxation policy
    direct taxation (=tax on income)
    indirect taxation (=tax on things you buy)
2. money collected from taxes:
    higher levels of taxation

tax·ationBrE /tækˈseɪʃn/ 🔊NAmE /tækˈseɪʃn/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] money that has to be paid as taxes 税；税款；税金；税收◆to reduce taxation减税the system of collecting money by taxes 税制；征税；课税◆changes in the taxation structure税制结构的变化