tax man

Government revenue collector

A tax man is a person who collects taxes or works for a tax authority.

The term often carries a slightly adversarial connotation—the tax man is coming for what you owe: The tax man cometh.

It can refer specifically to an IRS agent or more broadly to the government's power to tax: You can't hide that income from the tax man.

Related
  • auditFormal accounts examination
  • levyCompulsory government charge
  • revenueBusiness income total
  • IRSFederal tax collector
  • incomeRegular monetary receipts

The Beatles · bureaucrat · Uncle Sam · George Harrison · withholding · take home pay · returns · collection · pay up · bean counter · comptroller · revenue agent · loopholes · duty · owed · paycheck · government · forms

Opposites
financial role/direction of money flow

tax manbenefactor

One who gives aid

giver · subsidizer · donor · welfare officer · philanthropist

relationship to taxpayer

tax mantax attorney

Lawyer for fiscal matters

tax evader · tax accountant · tax advisor · tax dodger · tax cheat

economic philosophy/cultural symbolism

tax manlibertarian

Anti-statist political adherent

free marketeer · Ayn Rand · Ron Paul · tax resister · rugged individualist

Family

taxman

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Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G