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Meaning of "surtax" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SURTAX

surtax  [ˈsɜːˌtæks] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SURTAX

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Surtax is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb surtax in English.

WHAT DOES SURTAX MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of surtax in the English dictionary

The first definition of surtax in the dictionary is a tax, usually highly progressive, levied on the amount by which a person's income exceeds a specific level. Other definition of surtax is an additional tax on something that has already been taxed. Surtax is also to assess for liability to surtax; charge with an extra tax.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SURTAX

PRESENT

Present
I surtax
you surtax
he/she/it surtaxes
we surtax
you surtax
they surtax
Present continuous
I am surtaxing
you are surtaxing
he/she/it is surtaxing
we are surtaxing
you are surtaxing
they are surtaxing
Present perfect
I have surtaxed
you have surtaxed
he/she/it has surtaxed
we have surtaxed
you have surtaxed
they have surtaxed
Present perfect continuous
I have been surtaxing
you have been surtaxing
he/she/it has been surtaxing
we have been surtaxing
you have been surtaxing
they have been surtaxing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I surtaxed
you surtaxed
he/she/it surtaxed
we surtaxed
you surtaxed
they surtaxed
Past continuous
I was surtaxing
you were surtaxing
he/she/it was surtaxing
we were surtaxing
you were surtaxing
they were surtaxing
Past perfect
I had surtaxed
you had surtaxed
he/she/it had surtaxed
we had surtaxed
you had surtaxed
they had surtaxed
Past perfect continuous
I had been surtaxing
you had been surtaxing
he/she/it had been surtaxing
we had been surtaxing
you had been surtaxing
they had been surtaxing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will surtax
you will surtax
he/she/it will surtax
we will surtax
you will surtax
they will surtax
Future continuous
I will be surtaxing
you will be surtaxing
he/she/it will be surtaxing
we will be surtaxing
you will be surtaxing
they will be surtaxing
Future perfect
I will have surtaxed
you will have surtaxed
he/she/it will have surtaxed
we will have surtaxed
you will have surtaxed
they will have surtaxed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been surtaxing
you will have been surtaxing
he/she/it will have been surtaxing
we will have been surtaxing
you will have been surtaxing
they will have been surtaxing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would surtax
you would surtax
he/she/it would surtax
we would surtax
you would surtax
they would surtax
Conditional continuous
I would be surtaxing
you would be surtaxing
he/she/it would be surtaxing
we would be surtaxing
you would be surtaxing
they would be surtaxing
Conditional perfect
I would have surtax
you would have surtax
he/she/it would have surtax
we would have surtax
you would have surtax
they would have surtax
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been surtaxing
you would have been surtaxing
he/she/it would have been surtaxing
we would have been surtaxing
you would have been surtaxing
they would have been surtaxing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you surtax
we let´s surtax
you surtax
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to surtax
Past participle
surtaxed
Present Participle
surtaxing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SURTAX


after-tax
ˈɑːftəˌtæks
before-tax
bɪˈfɔːˌtæks
eco-tax
ˈiːkəʊtæks
Eurotax
ˈjʊərəʊˌtæks
morphosyntax
ˌmɔːfəʊˈsɪntæks
nontax
ˈnɒnˌtæks
overtax
ˌəʊvəˈtæks
pre-tax
ˌpriːˈtæks
retax
ˌriːˈtæks
stacks
stæks
supertax
ˈsuːpəˌtæks
syntax
ˈsɪntæks
tax
tæks

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SURTAX

surrogation
surrogatum
surround
surround sound
surrounding
surroundings
surrounds
surroyal
sursum corda
surtarbrand
Surtees
surtitles
surtout
surturbrand
surucucu
surv.
surveil
surveillance
surveillance society
surveillant

WORDS THAT END LIKE SURTAX

capital gains tax
carbon tax
council tax
death tax
departure tax
excise tax
green tax
income tax
inheritance tax
payroll tax
profits tax
property tax
purchase tax
road tax
sales tax
transfer tax
undertax
value-added tax
wealth tax
withholding tax

Synonyms and antonyms of surtax in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «surtax» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SURTAX

Find out the translation of surtax to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of surtax from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «surtax» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

附加税
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sobretasa
570 millions of speakers

English

surtax
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अधिकर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

فرض ضريبة إضافية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

подоходный налог
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

adicional
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বাড়তি কর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

surtaxe
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Surtax
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Steuerzuschlag
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

付加税
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

부가세
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Surtax
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thuế phụ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கூடுதல் வரி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Surtax
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ek vergi koymak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

soprattassa
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

domiar
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

прибутковий податок
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

suprataxă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πρόσθετος φόρος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

oorbelasting
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Tilläggsaccis
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

toppskatt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of surtax

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SURTAX»

The term «surtax» is quite widely used and occupies the 52.651 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SURTAX» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «surtax» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «surtax» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about surtax

EXAMPLES

3 QUOTES WITH «SURTAX»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word surtax.
1
Susan Collins
What we've been hearing over and over again is that the reason Republicans are opposed to the surtax is because of the concern of its impact on job creation. Well, if you carve out employers, you take away that argument.
2
John Cornyn
Raising taxes is the last thing we should do amid the weakest economic recovery since World War II. Unfortunately, even if we avoid the full 'Taxmageddon' scenario, President Obama's health care law also contains a new surtax on investment that will take effect in 2013.
3
Douglas Coupland
Lottery tickets are a surtax on desperation.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SURTAX»

Discover the use of surtax in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to surtax and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Seidman's Legislative History of Federal Income and Excess ...
SEC. 15. SURTAX ON CORPORATIONS. (a) Corporation Surtax Net Income. — For the purposes of this chapter- tho term "corporation surtax net ine&Bae11 moana the net inoomo minus the mam ef the following crcdito : ill. 4- l-i fv flwrt »-l 1 4- ...
Jacob Stewart Seidman, 2003
2
Guidebook to Florida Taxes
or small county indigent care surtax may impose an indigent health care surtax of up to 0.5%. The surtax must be enacted by an extraordinary vote of the county's governing body or by a majority of the electors in a referendum. Pursuant to ...
James M. Ervin, Jr., 2008
3
Internal Revenue Code
"(3) 26 percent, in the case of a taxable year beginning "(c) Surtax. — The surtax is equal to 22 percent of the after December 31, 1964." amount by which the taxable income (computed without regard to the deduction, if any, provided in section ...
CCH Tax Law Editors, 1996
4
The Code of Federal Regulations of the United States of America
M's tax liability is completed as follows: 1963 Tentative Tax Taxable income $100,000 Normal tax on $100,000 (1963 rates) 30 percent of $100.000 $30,000 Surtax on $75,000 (1963 rates and $25,000 surtax exemption) 22 percent of $75,000 ...
Internal Revenue Service, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Transportation, Treasury, the Judiciary, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies, 1997
5
Corporate Taxation: Examples and Explanations
In addition, however, corporations with incomes over $100,000 are subject to a 5 % surtax with a cap of $11,750 and corporations with incomes over $15,000,000 are subject to an additional 3% surtax with a cap of $100,000. The 5% surtax ...
Cheryl D. Block, 2004
6
Permanent Income, Wealth, and Consumption: A Critique of the ...
Many economists have felt disappointed with the effect of the 1968 surtax. It seemed as though this surtax did not have much effect on consumption. One possible explanation, given by Robert Eisner, is that this tax was a temporary one .
Thomas Mayer, 1972
7
Seidman's Legislative History of Federal Income Tax Laws, ...
Report — Ways and Means Committee (75th Cong., 3d Sess., H. Rept. 1860). — Subsection (b) defines the "basic surtax credit". The basic surtax credit contains all the elements, other than the dividend carry-over, which in the usual case can ...
‎2003
8
Income Tax Regulations: Winter 2008 Edition
N's income tax taking into account the single normal tax rate liability is determined for the period July 1, 1975, under section 11(b)(1) and the $25,000 surtax through December 31, 1975, by taking into ac- exemption under section 11(d). N's tax ...
‎2007
9
Adventure, Horror, Mystery Classics Best Seller's for 99 ...
Norman Daniels. into a single sound. own imagination. If he'd been an antelope Almost lazily, young Bullitt picked up he could havesniffed,but the only unusual the revolver. Then the woman inthe thing about him was his name. doorway ...
Norman Daniels, 2014
10
Provincial Tax Reforms: Options and Opportunities
For example, in Saskatchewan the surtax has been as high as 12 per cent of provincial tax in excess of $4,000. Ontario has imposed both a surtax and a surcharge, the distinction being that a "surtax" is a "temporary surcharge." Effective for ...
David W. Conklin, France St-Hilaire, 1990

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SURTAX»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term surtax is used in the context of the following news items.
1
How to avoid the surtax on investment income
The net investment income tax, or NIIT, is actually a 3.8% Medicare surtax on investment income. It first took effect in 2013. So after filing your 2014 return, you've ... «MarketWatch, Apr 15»
2
Scott Burns: It's time to repeal the senior citizen surtax
Tax reform is in the air — again. This means we will be subject to the wretched posturing of politicians saying they want to help the middle class. They will do this ... «Denton Record Chronicle, Apr 15»
3
“Obamacare surtax” documented in lease raises renter's suspicions
BLUE SPRINGS, Mo. — A Blue Springs man's lease includes a monthly fee for something called an “Obamacare Surtax.” But when he couldn't find any ... «fox4kc.com, Mar 15»
4
Waterloo school board eyes income surtax
Coughlin emphasized under the renewed levy the board can decide annually to raise a portion of the property tax funds through the income surtax instead. «Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier, Dec 14»
5
Alachua County Voters Reject Sales Surtax for Transportation Funding
A county-wide surtax was struck down by voters on Tuesday after 60 percent voted ... “The leadership was on board for supporting the surtax, and it's just the ... «WUFT, Nov 14»
6
Sheshinski 2 panel backs 42% surtax on natural resource exploitation
Companies exploiting the country's natural resources should be charged a tax rate on all excess profits – also known as a surtax – of 42 percent, the Sheshinski ... «Jerusalem Post, May 14»
7
The Koch Attack on Solar Energy
So they've been pushing legislatures to impose a surtax on this increasingly popular practice, hoping to make installing solar panels on houses less attractive. «New York Times, Apr 14»
8
Understanding the Additional Medicare Tax and Medicare Surtax on …
Over the past year, there has been a lot of debate about the impact of the 0.9% Additional Medicare Tax and the 3.8% Medicare surtax on net investment income ... «The National Law Review, Jan 14»
9
The 0.9% Obamacare Tax That's About To Hit You
It's the 0.9% Medicare surtax on wages and self-employment income (not to be confused with the separate new 3.8% net investment tax on capital gains, ... «Forbes, Nov 13»
10
Planning for the 3.8% Medicare Surtax
Diane has MAGI of $200,000 and therefore is not exposed to the surtax. If however she received a year-end bonus of $25,000, she would now have MAGI of ... «Bradenton Herald, Oct 13»

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