tax scheme

collocation in English

meaningsoftaxandscheme

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tax
noun[C or U]
uk
/tæks/us
/tæks/
(an amount of) money paid to the government that is based on your income or the cost of goods or services you ...
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scheme
noun[C]
uk
/skiːm/us
/skiːm/
an organized plan for doing something, especially something dishonest or illegal that will bring a good result ...
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(Definition oftaxandschemefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftax scheme

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Rather than implying ataxschemethat is more progressive than a head tax, it implies one that is even more regressive.
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In this particular example, it produces ataxschemein which 100% of the tax burden falls on the person with the lower earned income.
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That vast sum makes nonsense of the entire corporationtaxscheme.
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The president of the valuation officers, like many other independent experts, warns that the counciltaxschemeis a "recipe for disaster".
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Schedule 5 effectively abolishes the composite ratetaxschemeand introduces the new scheme, involving deduction of basic rate income tax.
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I recognise that notaxschemewhich approximates in the slightest degree towards justice could prevent all avoidance.
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If the benefit was cut allegedly because of the introduction of ataxschemewhich can now no longer be implemented, it can be restored.
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Three minor changes will be made to the regulations which govern the building societies "composite rate"taxscheme.
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The poll tax was simpler to administer than the counciltaxscheme.
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That is the construction industry scheme, in relation to thetaxschemethat has been introduced.
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Where is the ability to pay in the polltaxscheme?
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So we believe that thetaxschemeas envisaged will be more economical of staff than earlier versions.
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It is working within the framework of thetaxscheme, which is different.
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The recent changes in the construction industrytaxschemehave reinforced a flawed system.
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There were also the prompt payment measures, the capital gainstaxscheme, and so on.
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Thetaxschemeproposed in 1972 would, in today's terms, cost about £8 billion.
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I have always supported some form of negative incometaxscheme.
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There is the construction industrytaxscheme, which involves the absurdity of people having to present themselves in all four corners of the country.
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They have not been told the name of the company which has perpetrated the £200 million rip-off as a result of an artificialtaxscheme.
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The polltaxschemedrags more and more people into marginal taxation under the specious concept of accountability.
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