to tax

Officially decide to charge someone a tax, fee, or fine

Choose not to use a right or to charge a fee

To cancel a debt so someone does not have to pay it

Officially send a completed form showing your income and taxes you owe

A government decision to reduce the taxes people have to pay

Money people or companies pay to the government on what they earn each year

The percent of income or profit that you must pay to the government

A rise in the money people pay to the government as taxes

An amount taken off the tax you owe

A smaller tax people or companies must pay to encourage certain activities

A tax local governments charge on houses and land based on how much they are worth

An official paper you send to the tax office that shows your income to work out tax

A tax added to the price when you buy goods or services

Money a government gets from taxes on people, businesses, or sales

A tax on the profit you make when you sell things like stocks or property

A paper that tells a person or business how much tax they have to pay

Not paying taxes on purpose by hiding income or lying to tax officials

Rules a government uses to set and collect taxes from people and businesses

A tax on someone's money and property when they die before their family gets it

An increase in the taxes people or companies pay

Rules that tell how governments set and collect taxes

A government's plan for how it charges and collects money from people and companies

An expense or amount you can subtract from your income to lower your tax

The total value of income, goods, or sales a government can collect money from

A range of income taxed at one rate

You do not have to pay tax on income or a purchase

A person who takes money from people to pay taxes to the government

Extra money that the government adds to the price of fuel to pay for roads and bridges

An official paper you use to tell the government how much money you earn and owe in tax

A plan or investment that helps people and companies pay less money to the government

A tax on goods like tobacco and alcohol charged for each item or amount sold

Total amount of tax a person or business must pay to the government

A rule that lets people or companies pay less tax to encourage certain activities

A fixed tax each person must pay that often stops people from voting

A country with very low taxes that attracts foreign companies and rich people

A government charge on property given to people after someone dies

A form you send to the tax office showing your income and expenses

A tax added to the price of goods and services each time a business makes or sells them

The work of getting money from people and businesses for the government

An amount you can subtract from your income to reduce the tax you pay

A bond whose interest you do not have to pay tax on

Money a government gets from taxes people and businesses pay

A person or group that opposes tax increases

A tax on money or property you receive when someone dies

A tax system where people with higher incomes pay a larger percentage of their income

To reduce the tax you must pay by using methods allowed by law

A claim by the government on property like a house for unpaid taxes that lets the government take it

A tax on products people think are harmful, like alcohol or tobacco

A tax on money or things given without payment while the giver is alive

An extra cost added to a price that people who buy it do not clearly see

An official who decides how much a house or land is worth for taxes

A rule that lets you pay less tax on certain income or investments

A tax that a person or business pays directly to the government, not added to the price of goods

A government's plan for how it sets and collects taxes

Money paid in regular payments to the government on income your employer does not take from your pay

A fee the government charges to get permission to sell things or do some jobs

A group that sets the tax rate people pay based on yearly earnings

A duty to pay taxes to the government by law

A tax taken from an employee's pay by the employer and sent to the government

A payment to the local government for owning land

An official value of property or income that shows how much tax you must pay

An illegal way to avoid paying taxes

A charge you pay when property goes from one person to another

A tax charged by the local council based on a home's value and the people living there

A tax added to the price of goods or services

The part of your pay the government takes

A system where people pay only one government charge, usually on land value

A tax charged as a percent of the price of goods or services

A law that lowers taxes or stops tax increases

A right the federal government takes on your property when you do not pay taxes you owe

A tax some US states charge companies for the right to do business there based on their value or income

A system where people pay a higher share of their income as income rises

A payment you make by buying an official stamp and putting it on certain documents

A claim a state makes on your property when you do not pay taxes, so it can sell the property

A loss or extra cost you get after making a careless mistake

A joking name for a government charge on cheese, including imported cheese

A form a taxpayer files to say how much tax they expect to owe when tax withheld is not enough