indirect tax

NOUN

tax on goods or services

Synonyms

WEAK

sales tax value-added tax

Example Sentences

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The company projected over $750 million in direct and indirect tax revenue from the proposed tax breaks and those approved in 2014.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 27, 2023

"India is like the European Union with a central government," said Harishanker Subramanian, head of indirect tax at EY.

From Reuters • Nov. 4, 2016

As a general rule, an indirect tax is one first paid by one person but then passed on to another.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2016

Germany’s largest lender dropped its 2011 profit forecast and announced plans to cut 500 jobs as market volatility and unexpected costs on an indirect tax position weighed on third-quarter earnings.

From BusinessWeek • Oct. 4, 2011

An indirect tax, just as this nation pays its taxes, and the tariff is the very thing!

From The Cheerful Smugglers by Preston, May Wilson