tax burden
noun
: responsibility for paying a greater portion of taxes
The tax burden has been falling increasingly on the middle class.
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Shifting the tax burden from the wealthy — from billionaires to small businesses, farmers, the middle class.
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Sacramento Bee Staff, Sacbee.com, 8 Jan. 2026
Wu’s legislation seeks to shift more the city’s tax burden from the residential to commercial sector to stave off what her administration has projected will be a 13% tax increase this year for the average single-family homeowner.
—Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 7 Jan. 2026
The truth is, compared to other wealthy countries, our total tax burden is quite modest.
—Austin Sarat, Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2026
Businesses also bear New York’s heavy tax burden.
—Andrew Rein, New York Daily News, 6 Jan. 2026
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Sacramento Bee Staff, Sacbee.com, 8 Jan. 2026
Wu’s legislation seeks to shift more the city’s tax burden from the residential to commercial sector to stave off what her administration has projected will be a 13% tax increase this year for the average single-family homeowner.
—Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 7 Jan. 2026
The truth is, compared to other wealthy countries, our total tax burden is quite modest.
—Austin Sarat, Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2026
Businesses also bear New York’s heavy tax burden.
—Andrew Rein, New York Daily News, 6 Jan. 2026
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“Tax burden.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tax%20burden. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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