Definitions for surtaxes

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surtaxes sur·tax

Spelling: [noun sur-taks; verb sur-taks, sur- Surtaxes is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 262 anagrams from letters in surtaxes (aersstux).

Definitions for surtaxes

noun

1. an additional or extra tax on something already taxed.
2. one of a graded series of additional taxes levied on incomes exceeding a certain amount.

verb (used with object)

1. to put an additional or extra tax on; charge with a surtax.

Origin of surtaxes

1880-85; sur-¹ + tax; cf. supertax, French surtaxe

Examples for surtaxes

The Democrats want to pay for it with a 3.5 percent surtax on dollars earned over $1 million per year.

The Medicare surtax is collected efficiently and automatically.

Since April 1905 a surtax of 7% has been imposed on all goods of other than French origin.

Rich people, since the income tax, are officially those who pay the tax but not the surtax.

In addition, a surtax of five francs gold per bag (961⁄4 cents) was placed on every bag exported to pay carrying charges.

A surtax of 100% is placed on ready-made cotton clothing, and a surtax of 30% on colored threads.

This budget anticipates the extension of the surtax that Congress enacted last year.

What we call the normal income tax is the ordinary tax; what we call the surtax is the supertax.