Thesaurus results for TAXES

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noun

plural of tax

as in levies

a charge usually of money collected by the government from people or businesses for public use the state sales tax boosted the final cost of my new computer

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verb

present tense third-person singular of tax

as in stretches

to subject (a personal quality or faculty) to often excessive stress your constant arguing is starting to tax my patience

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Recent Examples of taxes

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The most common confusion points are almost always the trust taxes worth eliminating first. —

Michael Goshka, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026 At the center of one of the competing measures is a proposal to change how Inglewood taxes stadium tickets. —

Christopher Damien, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026 Some of the wealthiest individuals in America get away with paying lower tax rates than a Boston public school teacher because our system taxes income but not wealth. —

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Time, 27 May 2026 The findings raise fresh questions about affordability, migration and how California taxes workers. —

Chris Fusco. Story Produced With Ai Assistance, Sacbee.com, 12 May 2026 Los Angelenos will decide whether the city taxes unlicensed cannabis businesses through Proposition CB. —

Paris Barraza, USA Today, 6 May 2026 In communities like District 4, where park access is already limited, this decision effectively taxes residents for something the city has failed to provide locally. —

Martha Abraham, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026 Cleaning reduces visual clutter that taxes your brain, lowers stress by restoring a feeling of control and triggers reward responses that fuel motivation. —

Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 13 Apr. 2026 Khosla’s counter-vision—federal reform that taxes capital more aggressively while relieving the burden on working Americans—is designed to be a policy that billionaires can live with and workers can vote for. —

Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2026

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In these cases, debt collectors can use tools, like lawsuits, garnishments and levies, to try to recover what they're owed.

— Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 18 June 2026
Florida property tax levies have increased by more than 40% in the last three years, rising faster than population and inflation.

— Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 18 June 2026