paying taxes
Funding the government
Paying taxes is the act of remitting money owed to a government—federal, state, or local—typically based on income, property, purchases, or other taxable events.
The phrase emphasizes the action rather than the obligation: Nobody enjoys paying taxes, but most do it anyway.
It often appears in discussions of civic duty, financial burden, or complaints about government spending: I've been paying taxes for forty years and the roads are still full of potholes.
- filingStoring documents systematically
- tax returnIncome declaration to government
- IRSFederal tax collector
- Uncle SamGovernment as a man
- refundMoney returned after purchase
deadline · April · April 15th · tax season · audit · deductions · write off · withholding · W-2 · accountant · forms · owed · income · take-home pay · revenue · government · burden · loopholes
- social obligationscourtesy, politeness, greeting, obligation, thank you
- legal obligationsfines, debt, contract signing, bail, liability
- obligationsobligations, contractual obligations, jury duty, contract, military service
- public dutiesjury duty, voting, military service, census, civic participation
- civic dutiesjury duty, voting, military service, selective service, draft registration
- financebank, CFO, banks, controller, finance
paying taxestax evasion
Illegally avoiding government dues
tax fraud · tax avoidance · cooking the books · money laundering
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