tax cut
- noun
- /tæks kʌt/
- By contrast, tax cuts to lower wage earners enable them to spend more, stimulating growth in the process.
- income tax cut
- payroll tax cut
- propose tax cuts
OK, we're doing a tax cut, so goodbye.
- OK, we're doing a tax cut, so goodbye.
- John F Kennedy's tax cut legacy has been lost.
- Now I, Stephen Corbett, have the biggest tax cut plan in history.
- Anyway, the tax cut for the wealthy was successful.
- And he's a big fan of using tax cuts to stimulate growth.
- And they extended most of those tax cuts, made them permanent.
- I have a bold plan to grow the economy through tax cuts and reform.
- The government just said that's it, scrap all the tax cut plans, let's raise taxes instead.
- Who's paying for the tax cuts that she's proposing?
- And when you give tax cuts to the jobs creators, they create more jobs.
- Well, what will detect what, what effect will these tax cuts have on the economy?
- He had claimed that since the president's tax cut bill had passed, tax revenues have gone up.
- One time payments, temporary tax cuts don't stimulate spending or consumption.
- Why National Insurance cuts rather than income tax cuts?
- Republicans are the party of massive tax cuts for the wealthy, the well off and the well connected.
- And of course, it wouldn't be a Republican bill if it didn't include tax cuts.
- That's one component of tax cuts.
Examples
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This will be the biggest business tax cut in modern British history.
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The president's balanced budget plan includes tax cuts that would total $98.4 billion over the five-year period.
Academic text (1997) -
Anyway, the tax cut for the wealthy was successful.
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But would more spending and larger temporary tax cuts have produced a significantly different result?
Academic text (2011) -
No politicians, even on the right, could propose massive tax cuts that so clearly benefit the rich.
Academic text (2004) -
Consider a proposed income tax cut in a simple hypothetical society with just two types of workers.
Academic text (2005) -
Every major tax cut in this century has strengthened the economy by creating new investment, new jobs, and more commerce among our people.
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Democrats and Republicans agreed on a round of temporary tax cuts and extended jobless benefits in December 2010.
Academic text (2011) -
The most dramatic change was a series of tax cuts designed by Glenn Hubbard, who was serving as President Bush's chief economic advisor.
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The government announced a significant tax cut that will benefit low-income families.
Synonyms
A smaller tax people or companies must pay to encourage certain activities
Antonyms
How Beneficial
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a reduction in taxes' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'tax' (a government charge) with 'cut' (a reduction or cutback). This compositional noun-noun pattern is common across languages and in English usage, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
Tax cut uses a simple image: tax is what people pay to the government and cut is to make something smaller, like cutting a number with scissors. That's why Tax cut means 'paying less in taxes'.