tax burden

noun

: responsibility for paying a greater portion of taxes

The tax burden has been falling increasingly on the middle class.

Examples of tax burden in a Sentence

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Taxes have long been a subject of debate in Connecticut, with ideas pitched for increasing taxes rats for the rich, phasing out the car tax and looking for ways to make the overall tax burden more equitable. —Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 11 July 2024

In 2024, Britain is heavily indebted (not least thanks to the pandemic and its legacy), the country’s tax burden is at a post-war high, and GDP growth is anemic. —The Editors, National Review, 8 July 2024

Whether addressing California’s tax burden, crime, homelessness, unemployment or the business climate, Newsom tells us to ignore our lying eyes. —Jon Coupal, Orange County Register, 5 July 2024

Thanks to that arrangement, by 2014, Apple had reduced its tax burden to just 0.005 percent, according to an investigation by the European Commission. —Joseph E. Stiglitz, Foreign Affairs, 3 July 2024