taxers

Those imposing levies

Taxers is the plural of taxer, one who taxes.

This usually means a government or authority that imposes taxes: The taxers take their cut before you see your paycheck.

Less commonly, it can mean someone or something that puts strain on resources or patience: Small children are relentless taxers of parental energy.

authority

IRS

Federal tax collector

collector · enforcement · collection · audit · penalties · sanctions · agency · officials · bureaucracy · power

fiscal

revenue

Business income total

withholding · tribute · tithe · assessment · collection · receipts · proceeds · funding · treasury · coffers

burden

levy

Compulsory government charge

strain · pressure · hardship · weight · load · onus · yoke · millstone · extraction · demand

policy

legislation

Official enactment of statutes

  • reformImprove by correcting faults
  • codeSymbolic communication system
  • loopholesExploitable ambiguities in rules

brackets · exemptions · deductions · credits · rates · progressivity · redistribution · fairness · evasion · avoidance

Opposites
fiscal role

taxerstaxpayers

Those who owe the state

ratepayers · contributors · beneficiaries · payers

resource flow direction

taxersbeneficiaries

Those who receive advantages

recipients · dependents · grantees · pensioners · social security recipients

economic philosophy

taxerstax protesters

Those opposing compulsory levies

libertarians · fiscal conservatives · supply-siders

Phrases
Family

taxed, taxes, overtaxed, untaxed, overtaxes

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