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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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 Each factor taxes a leader's performance. —

Julian Hayes Ii, Forbes.com, 26 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 Treasury has also argued that temporary Russian sanctions relief won’t feed Russian government budgets because the country taxes oil at extraction, not sale. —

Ben Smith, semafor.com, 30 Mar. 2026

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If a judgment is granted, creditors may seek remedies such as bank account levies or wage garnishment if the debtor is still working, though their ability to do that is still heavily dependent on state and federal laws.

— Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 3 June 2026
The amendment would create a five-year homestead exemption on the first $50,000 of assessed value of homestead properties ($25,000 for school levies, $50,000 for non-school levies) for owners who are not permanent Florida residents as of December 31, 2026.

— Jeffrey Schweers, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 June 2026