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tax·a·tion

(tăk-sā′shən)

a. The act or practice of imposing taxes.

b. The fact of being taxed.

2. An assessed amount of tax.

3. Revenue gained from taxes.

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taxation

(tækˈseɪʃən)

1. (Accounting & Book-keeping) the act or principle of levying taxes or the condition of being taxed

2. (Accounting & Book-keeping)

a. an amount assessed as tax

b. a tax rate

3. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) revenue from taxes

taxˈational adj

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tax•a•tion

(tækˈseɪ ʃən)

n.

1. the act of taxing.

2. the fact of being taxed.

3. a tax imposed.

4. the revenue raised by taxes.

[1250–1300]

taxation

Compulsory payments by companies or individuals to the state. Direct taxes are on income and indirect taxes are taxes on commodities.

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Noun	1.	taxation - charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government revenue enhancement, tax withholding - the act of deducting from an employee's salary imposition, infliction - the act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo) accumulator, collector, gatherer - a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes) net estate - the estate remaining after debts and funeral expenses and administrative expenses have been deducted from the gross estate; the estate then left to be distributed (and subject to federal and state inheritance taxes) disposable income - income (after taxes) that is available to you for saving or spending unearned income, unearned revenue - personal income that you did not earn (e.g., dividends or interest or rent income) deductible - (taxes) an amount that can be deducted (especially for the purposes of calculating income tax) budget items, operating cost, operating expense, overhead - the expense of maintaining property (e.g., paying property taxes and utilities and insurance); it does not include depreciation or the cost of financing or income taxes levy - a charge imposed and collected single tax - a system of taxation in which a tax is levied on a single commodity (usually land) income tax - a personal tax levied on annual income capital gains tax - a tax on capital gains; "he avoided the capital gains tax by short selling" capital levy - a tax on capital or property departure tax - a tax that is levied when you are departing a country by land or sea or air franchise tax - a tax that is imposed by states on corporations; it depends both on the net worth of the corporation and on its net income attributable to activities within the state gift tax - a tax imposed on transfers of property by gift during the lifetime of the giver direct tax - a tax paid directly by the person or organization on whom it is levied indirect tax - a tax levied on goods or services rather than on persons or organizations hidden tax - a tax paid unwittingly by the consumer (such as ad valorem taxes) capitation - a tax levied on the basis of a fixed amount per person graduated tax, progressive tax - any tax in which the rate increases as the amount subject to taxation increases proportional tax - any tax in which the rate is constant as the amount subject to taxation increases degressive tax - any tax in which the rate decreases as the amount subject to taxation increases rates - a local tax on property (usually used in the plural) stamp duty, stamp tax - a tax collected by requiring a stamp to be purchased and attached (usually on documents or publications) pavage - a tax toward paving streets transfer tax - any tax levied on the passing of title to property special assessment - an additional tax levied on private property for public improvements that enhance the value of the property charge - financial liabilities (such as a tax); "the charges against the estate" deductible - acceptable as a deduction (especially as a tax deduction) progressive - (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount of income increases regressive - (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate decreases as the amount of income increases
	2.	taxation - government income due to taxation tax income, tax revenue, revenue government income, government revenue - income available to the government internal revenue - government revenue from domestic sources (excluding customs)
	3.	taxation - the imposition of taxes; the practice of the government in levying taxes on the subjects of a state imposition, infliction - the act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo)

Translations

فَرْض الضَّرائِب

daně

beskatning

Besteuerung

impuestos sistema tributario

veroverotus

fiscalisation impôts

adózás

sköttun, skattlagning

tassazione imposte

税収課税

beskatning

dane

beskattning

vergilendirme

税制

taxation

[tækˈseɪʃən]

A. N (= taxes) → impuestos mpl, contribuciones fpl; (= system) → sistema m tributario

B. CPD taxation system N → sistema m tributario, tributación f

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taxation

[tækˈseɪʃ^ən] n

(= system) → taxation f

(= taxes) → contributions fpl
The government may reduce taxation → Le gouvernement pourrait réduire les contributions.tax avoidance n → optimisation f fiscaletax break n → allégement m fiscaltax collector n → percepteur/trice m/ftax credit n → crédit m d'impôttax cut n → réduction f d'impôttax-deductible [ˌtæksdɪˈdʌktəb^əl] adj → déductible du revenu imposabletax disc n (British) (AUTOMOBILES) → vignette f, vignette f automobiletax evasion n → évasion f fiscaletax-exempt [ˌtæksɪgˈzɛm^pt] adj → exonéré(e) d'impôtstax exemption n → exonération f fiscaletax exile n

(= person) → personne f qui s'expatrie pour raisons fiscales
to be in tax exile → être en exil m fiscal

(= situation) → exil m fiscaltax form n → formulaire m de déclaration de revenustax-free [ˌtæksˈfriː] adj → exonéré(e) d'impôtstax haven n → paradis m fiscal

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taxation

n → Besteuerung f; (= taxes also) → Steuern pl; money acquired from taxation → Steuereinnahmen or -einkünfte pl; exempt from taxation → nicht besteuert; goods, income also → steuerfrei; subject to taxation → steuerpflichtig

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taxation

[tækˈseɪʃ/ən] n (act) → tassazione f; (taxes) → imposte fpl, tasse fpl
system of taxation → sistema m fiscale

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tax

(tӕks) noun

1. money, eg a percentage of a person's income or of the price of goods etc taken by the government to help pay for the running of the state. income tax; a tax on tobacco.

2. a strain or burden. The continual noise was a tax on her nerves.

verb

1. to make (a person) pay (a) tax; to put a tax on (goods etc). He is taxed on his income; Alcohol is taxed.

2. to put a strain on. Don't tax your strength!

ˈtaxable adjective

liable to be taxed. taxable income/goods.

taxˈation noun

the act or system of taxing.

ˈtaxing adjective

mentally or physically difficult. a taxing job.

ˌtax-ˈfree adjective, adverb

without payment of tax. tax-free income.

ˈtaxpayer noun

a citizen who pays taxes.

ˈtax (someone) with

to accuse (a person) of. I taxed him with dishonesty.

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It is evident from the state of the country, from the habits of the people, from the experience we have had on the point itself, that it is impracticable to raise any very considerable sums by direct taxation. Tax laws have in vain been multiplied; new methods to enforce the collection have in vain been tried; the public expectation has been uniformly disappointed, and the treasuries of the States have remained empty.

It has been already intimated that excises, in their true signification, are too little in unison with the feelings of the people, to admit of great use being made of that mode of taxation; nor, indeed, in the States where almost the sole employment is agriculture, are the objects proper for excise sufficiently numerous to permit very ample collections in that way.

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His plan, in its simplest form, was to revise taxation and lower it in a way that should not diminish the revenues of the State, and to obtain, from a budget equal to the budgets which now excite such rabid discussion, results that should be two-fold greater than the present results.

His scheme levied a toll on the consumption by means of direct taxation and suppressed the whole machinery of indirect taxation.

Taxation was thus imposed upon the rich without overburdening the poor.

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Thus far, I had not even meddled with taxation, outside of the taxes which provided the royal revenues.

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There is no regular system of taxation, but when the Emperor or the Bashaw want money, they levy on some rich man, and he has to furnish the cash or go to prison.

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It is only right of course that the people should elect a body of representatives who will decide questions of supplies and of taxation; this institution has always existed, under the sway of the most tyrannous ruler no less than under the sceptre of the mildest of princes.

It is, in fact, really imperative that the Assemblies should be deprived of all direct legislative power, and should confine themselves to the registration of laws and to questions of taxation.

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A patriot in a State that does not import or export, discerns insuperable objections against the power of direct taxation. The patriotic adversary in a State of great exports and imports, is not less dissatisfied that the whole burden of taxes may be thrown on consumption.

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Crushed and impoverished by taxation -- imposed by Mazarin, whose avarice impelled him to grind them down to the very dust -- the people, as the Advocate-General Talon described it, had nothing left to them except their souls; and as those could not be sold by auction, they began to murmur.

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Having already addressed the steps required to correct the economic imbalances and trade deficits as proposed by Allama Iqbal and discussed in the first two parts, let's review the taxation policies and infrastructure reforms in the light of Iqbal's vision which can result in ease of doing business, investment flowing into the country, jobs creation and equitable taxation leading to surplus revenue collection without negatively hampering the business eco-system.