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tax bite

 
 
noun [C] informal TAX

Definition

the amount of tax that is taken from someone's income, a company's profits, etc.: The new law provides deductions to help reduce the tax bite.
(Definition of tax bite noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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