effective tax rate

noun [C] (abbreviation ETR)

Definition

› ACCOUNTING, TAX the actual amount of tax paid as a percentage of taxable income or profit: The company's effective tax rate was 36.6% in the last fiscal year.

(Definition of effective tax rate noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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