How to Use "Tax" with Example Sentences

tax (n): amount of money paid to the government so it can pay for public services

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Used with adjectives:

"We seem to be paying higher taxes this year."
(higher, more, less, fewer)

"It's time to pay our annual taxes."
(annual, yearly, monthly, quarterly)

Used with verbs:

"The government collects taxes every year."
(collects, charges, imposes, increases)

"Your employer deducts taxes on weekly paychecks."
(deducts, reduces, imposes, calculates)

Used with nouns:

"April is tax season."
(season)

"He is in the highest tax bracket."
(bracket)

Used with prepositions:

"The amount after taxes is much lower than expected."
(after, before)

"They are trying to introduce a tax increase on alcohol."
(on)

tax (v): to charge an amount of money for the use of governmental expenses

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Used with adverbs:

"Many imported goods are heavily taxed."
(heavily, highly, increasingly)

Used with prepositions:

"You will be taxed on all of your income."
(on)