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personal income tax

 
 
noun [C or U]

Definition

TAX a tax paid by people on the money they earn, as opposed to a tax that a company pays on its profits: The government's tax cut reduces personal income tax rates. → Compare corporate income tax, corporation tax
(Definition of personal income tax noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
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