income tax

/ˈɪnˌkʌm tæks/

noun

A tax levied on earned and unearned income, net of allowed deductions.

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Meanings

nounincome tax (countable and uncountable, plural income taxes)

plural income taxes

  1. countableuncountableA tax levied on earned and unearned income, net of allowed deductions.

    The latest Tory budget continued the trend begun in 2000 by making further small cuts in family income taxes.

    2008, David Mutimer, Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs 2002, page 220

Origin

From income + tax.

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Translations

Arabic ضَرِيبَة اَلدَّخْل
  • ضَرِيبَة اَلدَّخْل (ḍarībat ad-daḵl)tax levied on income
Bulgarian подоходен данък
  • подоходен данък (podohoden danăk)tax levied on income
Catalan impost sobre la renda
  • impost sobre la rendatax levied on income
Chinese Mandarin 所得稅 /所得税
  • 所得稅 /所得税 (suǒdéshuì)tax levied on income
Czech daň z příjmu
  • daň z příjmutax levied on income
Dutch inkomstenbelasting
  • inkomstenbelastingtax levied on income
Estonian tulumaks
  • tulumakstax levied on income
Finnish tulovero
  • tuloverotax levied on income
French impôt sur le revenu
  • impôt sur le revenutax levied on income
German Einkommensteuer, Ertragsteuer
  • Einkommensteuertax levied on income
  • Ertragsteuertax levied on income
Greek Φόρος εισοδήματος
  • Φόρος εισοδήματος (Fóros eisodímatos)tax levied on income
Hebrew מס הכנסה
  • מס הכנסה (mas hakhnasah)tax levied on income
Hindi आयकर
  • आयकर (āykar)tax levied on income
Hungarian jövedelemadó
  • jövedelemadótax levied on income
Indonesian pajak penghasilan
  • pajak penghasilantax levied on income
Irish cáin ioncaim
  • cáin ioncaimtax levied on income
Japanese 所得税
  • 所得税 (shotokuzei)tax levied on income
Korean 소득세
  • 소득세 (sodeukse)tax levied on income
Malay cukai pendapatan
  • cukai pendapatantax levied on income
Māori tāke moniwhiwhi
  • tāke moniwhiwhitax levied on income
Norwegian Bokmål inntektsskatt
  • inntektsskatttax levied on income
Persian مالیات
  • مالیات (mâliyât)tax levied on income
Polish podatek dochodowy
  • podatek dochodowytax levied on income
Portuguese imposto de renda
  • imposto de rendatax levied on income
Romanian impozit pe venit
  • impozit pe venittax levied on income
Russian подохо́дный нало́г
  • подохо́дный нало́г (podoxódnyj nalóg)tax levied on income
Scottish Gaelic cìs air teachd-a-steach
  • cìs air teachd-a-steachtax levied on income
Spanish impuesto sobre la renta
  • impuesto sobre la rentatax levied on income
Swahili kodi ya mapato
  • kodi ya mapatotax levied on income
Swedish inkomstskatt
  • inkomstskatttax levied on income
Tagalog buwis sa kita, buwis ng kita
  • buwis sa kitatax levied on income
  • buwis ng kitatax levied on income
Tamil வரி
  • வரி (vari)tax levied on income
Thai ภาษีรายได้
  • ภาษีรายได้ (paa-sĕe-rai-dai)tax levied on income
Turkish gelir vergisi
  • gelir vergisitax levied on income
Ukrainian податок на доходи
  • податок на доходи (podatok na doxody)tax levied on income
Vietnamese thuế thu nhập
  • thuế thu nhậptax levied on income
Welsh treth incwm
  • treth incwmtax levied on income
Cite this entry
APA

income tax. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/income%20tax

MLA

“income tax.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/income%20tax. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “income tax,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/income%20tax.

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