average taxpayer

collocation in English

meaningsofaverageandtaxpayer

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average
adjective
uk
/ˈæv.ər.ɪdʒ/us
/ˈæv.ɚ.ɪdʒ/
An average number is the number you get by adding two or more amounts together and dividing the total by the number ...
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taxpayer
noun
uk
/ˈtæksˌpeɪ.ər/us
/ˈtæksˌpeɪ.ɚ/
a person who ...
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(Definition ofaverageandtaxpayerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Theaveragetaxpayercurrently contributes about £11 a week to social security spending.
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For theaveragetaxpayer, the burden is still high.
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That is the equivalent of half a pint of beer a week for theaveragetaxpayer.
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Therefore, incentives for theaveragetaxpayerhave been reduced.
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Would he not agree that they are both immoral, and both disliked by theaveragetaxpayer?
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Theaveragetaxpayerand the average ratepayer have to bear all those increases.
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The average amount now paid by a normalaveragetaxpayeris £180 per year.
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This is, indeed, a very gloomy conclusion for theaveragetaxpayer.
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Theaveragetaxpayerwould agree.
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What will be the effect on theaveragetaxpayerif he knows that two or three people are avoiding £200 million in tax?
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I believe that theaveragetaxpayerand the average parent would like some explanation of where things are going wrong.
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If one asked anaveragetaxpayerwhether he or she wanted money spent on those activities, they would express a very clear view.
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Theaveragetaxpayeris significantly worse off than the average graduate and the average family from which students in higher education come.
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Now that we are under peace conditions theaveragetaxpayerwants to know something about this investment.
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The same goes for theaveragetaxpayer.
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Indeed, in every year the burden of income tax and national insurance, taken together, has grown upon theaveragetaxpayerand the below-averagetaxpayer.
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Theaveragetaxpayerpays 80p a week, year in and year out, for medicines whether he consumes them or not.
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People are starting to appreciate that over the past 13 years taxation for theaveragetaxpayerhas not reduced.
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Is it not an injustice that theaveragetaxpayer, healthy and sick, pays £2·20 every week for medicines, but only the sick pay twice?
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I think that most people would now accept the estimated tax increase next year of £41 for theaveragetaxpayer.
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