inspector of taxes

noun [C] (plural inspectors of taxes) (also tax inspector)

Definition

› TAX in the UK, a person whose job is to make sure that people and organizations pay the correct amount of tax by a certain time: Any income from the property should be declared to the inspector of taxes and will be liable to tax.

(Definition of inspector of taxes noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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