tax collectors
Government debt gatherers
Tax collectors are officials or agents who gather taxes owed to a government.
The role carries ancient associations with corruption and extortion—in the Gospels, tax collectors appear alongside sinners as social outcasts.
Modern tax collectors work for revenue agencies: The tax collectors seized his property for unpaid back taxes.
The term sometimes describes anyone aggressively pursuing payment.
- bureaucratsAdministrative government employees
- publicansPub managers or owners
- tax manGovernment revenue collector
- assessorOne who estimates value
- excisemanTax collector on goods
Matthew · tribute · revenue · revenue agents · levy · tariff · imposition · toll · owed · duty · audit · collection · tithe · fiscal · penalties · receipts · customs · agents
- taxationtax, income tax, sales tax, tax return, tax refund
- GospelsJesus, gospels, Jesus Christ, apostles, Gospel of Mark
- Luke 15prodigal son, lost coin, lost sheep, father, elder brother
- Bible moneymammon, tithe, alms, mite, shekel
- French taxationcapitation, corvee, aides, salt tax, poll tax
- ancient taxesannona, munera, poll tax, head tax, land tax
tax collectorstaxpayers
Those who owe the state
tax evaders · tax dodgers · citizens · ratepayers · subjects
tax collectorsphilanthropists
Generous supporters of good causes
benefactors · almsgivers · saints · Robin Hood · Good Samaritans
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