direct tax

noun

: a tax exacted directly from the taxpayer

Examples of direct tax in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Once the district is complete, Foltz projects the city of Anaheim will receive $10 million annually in direct tax revenue, primarily from resort-fee-style taxes on hotel room stays, although the hotels are not expected to be completed until late 2028 or beyond. —Matt Craig, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025

Until then, replacing a direct tax with an invisible one only makes accountability harder and does little to make prosperity easier. —Andrew Leahey, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025

Twenty states have tax-credit scholarships, 16 have Education Savings Accounts, 10 plus the District of Columbia have vouchers, five have direct tax credits and two have tax-credit educations savings accounts, per the analysis by Education Week. —Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025

According to the Indian Ministry of Finance, direct tax revenues grew by roughly 14% to 18% year-over-year in the fiscal cycle immediately after the ban on the larger cash notes. —Garth Friesen, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1770, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for direct tax

• almanacs
• carrybacks
• haversacks
• lumberjacks
• maniacs
• microcracks
• minimax
• paperbacks
• parallax
• quarterbacks
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• telefax

Legal Definition

direct tax

noun

: a tax imposed on a taxpayer himself or herself or on his or her property compare excise