taxpayer
Government revenue source
A taxpayer is a person or entity that pays taxes to a government.
The term often appears in political rhetoric emphasizing accountability: taxpayer dollars, hardworking taxpayers.
It frames government spending as money belonging to citizens rather than the state: Is this really the best use of taxpayer money?
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- 1040Annual federal filing
- W-2Employer-issued tax form
- 1099Non-employee income document
- schedulePlan of timed events
deduction · exemption · credit · refund · audit · IRS · withholding · bracket
Legal or financial obligation
- obligationRequired task or commitment
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
- levyCompulsory government charge
- duesRegular membership payments
withholding · garnishment · penalty · interest · arrears · encumbrance · strain · hardship
Business income total
- treasuryStored organizational funds
- exchequerGovernment financial reserves
- infrastructureBasic physical systems
- servicesActs performed for others
schools · roads · military · welfare · Medicare · subsidies · allocation · budget
Eligible voting body
- constituentsParts of a whole
- votersThose who cast ballots
- residentsPeople living somewhere
- publicAvailable to all
population · citizenry · nationals · inhabitants · community · society · ratepayer · householder
Public cause supporter
- ombudsmanPublic complaints investigator
- representationDepiction or likeness
- appealFormal review request
- disputeVerbal clash over differences
protection · privacy · whistleblower · amnesty · abatement
return
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schedule · deduction · exemption · credit · refund · audit · IRS · withholding · bracket · itemize
liability
Legal or financial obligation
- obligationRequired task or commitment
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
- levyCompulsory government charge
dues · withholding · garnishment · penalty · interest · arrears · encumbrance · strain · hardship · paperwork
revenue
Business income total
- treasuryStored organizational funds
- exchequerGovernment financial reserves
- infrastructureBasic physical systems
services · schools · roads · military · welfare · Medicare · subsidies · allocation · budget · deficit
electorate
Eligible voting body
- constituentsParts of a whole
- votersThose who cast ballots
- residentsPeople living somewhere
public · population · citizenry · nationals · inhabitants · community · society · ratepayer · householder · landowner
advocate
Public cause supporter
- ombudsmanPublic complaints investigator
- representationDepiction or likeness
- appealFormal review request
dispute · protection · privacy · whistleblower · amnesty · abatement
- civic rolesvoter, citizen, constituent, candidate, elected official
- community membersresident, citizen, neighbor, local, voter
- Federal TaxesIRS, Form 1040, 1040, W-2, 1099
- social rolesparent, child, spouse, sibling, teacher
- taxationVAT, withholding, deductions, deduction, exemptions
- civic virtuescivic duty, civic pride, patriotism, public spirit, responsibility
taxpayertax evader
One who illegally avoids payments owed
tax cheat · freeloader · beneficiary · tax dodger · free rider
taxpayerward of the state
beneficiary · dependent · refugee · indigent · pauper
taxpayerrefugee
Person fleeing danger abroad
undocumented immigrant · illegal alien · stateless person · asylum seeker · non-resident
- taxpayer money
- taxpayer fundsRevenue from citizen contributions
- taxpayer dollars