tax cut

Noun

Meaning

the act of reducing taxation

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

tax reduction derating tax relief tax abatement tax break reduction of taxes low tax payments reduced tax payment reduction in the amount of tax decrease of the tax rate lower tax lower tax regime lowering the tax rates lower taxe reducing one's taxes

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Antonyms

tax-increase tax hike tax boost increase in duties increase in excise duty increase in fees

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Hypernyms

cut

Examples

So let's give another big tax cut to the super-rich. That'll teach bin Laden a lesson he won't soon forget. Kurt Vonnegut

If a tax cut increases government revenues, you haven't cut taxes enough. Milton Friedman

Bush is giving the rich a tax cut instead of putting that cut in the pockets of working people. Carol Moseley Braun

There are some Republicans who say that any time you raise new revenue, you have to have a tax cut to match it. I am not one of those Republicans. Jeff Flake

Too large a tax cut, of course, could result in inflation and insufficient future revenues--but the greatest danger is a tax cut too little or too late to be effective. John F. Kennedy

I supported the Bush tax cut. Jeanne Shaheen

Close letter words and terms

tax collection tax collector tax credit Tax Day tax declaration tax department