expenditure tax
noun [C or U]Definition
› TAX a tax that is based on how much money people spend, rather than on how much they earn: Expenditure tax is based on the rate of spending.
→ See also consumption tax, income tax, sales tax(Definition of expenditure tax noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
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