income tax

a tax levied on incomes, especially an annual government tax on personal incomes.

Origin of income tax

First recorded in 1790–1800

The real core problem here though is the attempt to find more revenue from within the income-tax system itself.

The Income Tax's Limits |David Frum |December 18, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
So a wealthy person in the 33 percent income-tax bracket would have to pay a 33 percent tax on stock dividends.

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The question becomes even more painful in light of the current distribution of the income-tax burden.

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He then segues to a declaration that Mitt Romney must release his income-tax returns.

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The income-tax proposals, however, would affect not just millionaires but families earning more than $250,000.

Obama Issues Veto Threat |Howard Kurtz |July 11, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
The keystone of the budget in Mr. Gladstone's conception was the position to be assigned in it to the income-tax.

The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) |John Morley
The present indecent haste of the income-tax collector may have worried him.

Our Stage and Its Critics |"E.F.S." of "The Westminster Gazette"
Upon another occasion, the blank form for the income-tax return was sent in to Mr. Tooke to be filled up.

Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. XXVI, July 1852, Vol. V |Various
Thus the income-tax was raised to six and a quarter per cent., and the salt-duty was augmented by one-half.

The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. |E. Farr and E. H. Nolan
It was the income-tax man that suggested the title that I have given to my story.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 156, May 21, 1919. |Various

income tax

a personal tax, usually progressive, levied on annual income subject to certain deductions