burden of taxation

collocation in English

meaningsofburdenandtaxation

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burden
noun[C]
uk
/ˈbɜː.dən/us
/ˈbɝː.dən/
a heavy load that ...
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taxation
noun[U]
uk
/tækˈseɪ.ʃən/us
/tækˈseɪ.ʃən/
the system of ...
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(Definition ofburdenandtaxationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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These costs are of sufficient magnitude that it is evident that their economic impact is commensurable with theburdenoftaxation.
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And in the territories investigated here, theburdenoftaxationset narrow limits to the development of an internal consumer market capable of stimulating local economic recovery.
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As for the 'tax burden effect', notwithstanding the recycling of revenue, the overallburdenoftaxationon private incomes is increased by pollution taxes.
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This argument, however, should take into account the fact that the register they study does not include theburdenoftaxationon agricultural products, that is, before they reached market.
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Harcourt's 1894 death duties aside, theburdenoftaxationwas light, declined over time, and fell predominantly on the owners rather than the occupiers of land.
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What these businesses want is relief from theburdenoftaxationand red tape.
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It further cuts the married couple's allowance and further adds to theburdenoftaxation—council tax, petrol tax and personal tax—borne by the ordinary family.
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The motorist has been savagely attacked and the overallburdenoftaxationcontinues to rise.
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I wish now to turn to some of the arguments which have been advanced about theburdenoftaxation.
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It is a domestic question; it reduces the cost of living, and theburdenoftaxationon the working classes.
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The only disagreement seems to be over the extent of the increase in theburdenoftaxation.
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Will he refer to any reductions in taxation as reductions in income tax, and not confuse them with the reduction in theburdenoftaxation?
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Again in the interests of not chastising ourselves unduly, it is a good thing to get the totalburdenoftaxationacross.
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The effectiveburdenoftaxationborne by the groups that we are discussing was reduced during our period in office.
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We must reinvest the money—hypothecated, perhaps—to ensure that benefits result from theburdenoftaxationon the industry.
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We want targets for the reduction in the overallburdenoftaxationand for the number of businesses that will be started.
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The working families tax credit is a move towards lifting theburdenoftaxationfrom the lower-paid.
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The answer lies in a reduction of the overpoweringburdenoftaxation.
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He is asking us at one stroke to take away £10,000,000 as theburdenoftaxationupon the working classes.
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But it is not only theburdenoftaxationwhich acts as so great a disincentive in this country; it is injustice, too.
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