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assessee

assessee

1 9.3
A person or business whose income and property are checked for tax
  • noun
  • /ˌæsəˈsi/
  • Indian
: contribuyente
  • The auditors analyzed the reports submitted by each assessee before finalizing the tax results.

Examples

  • Every assessee must provide proof of income during the annual tax evaluation process.

  • These scores are added, and the total score for this assessee is 22,800 out of a possible 30,000.

    Academic text (1997)

  • The financial advisor reviewed the documents for each assessee to ensure accurate tax assessments.

Synonyms

taxpayer
vsassessee
563 2.1

A person or group that pays taxes to the government

is the one whose income or property is examined to calculate that payment
ratepayer
vsassessee
  • UK
5 6.0

A person who pays local tax for a house or other property

is the one whose finances are examined, not just paying local charges

Surface Forms

assessee singular
assessees plural

Morphology

assessee = assess (transparent) = assess + ee

Formed regularly from the verb 'assess' + the productive suffix '-ee' meaning 'one who is assessed', so the sense is directly derivable.

Etymology

Assessee comes from the verb assess, which means 'to judge the value' of something, plus the ending -ee, which means 'the person who receives the action' — think of employee or payee. So an assessee is someone who has their income or property judged or given a value, especially for tax.