stealth tax

noun

1. informal.
   an indirect tax, such as that on fuel or pension funds, esp one of which people are unaware or that is felt to be unfair

Example Sentences

"Am I going to see tax on my pension contributions, any kind of stealth tax?"

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One option is though what has been dubbed a stealth tax - a means of raising revenue which is not explicitly labelled or intended as a tax.

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At the time, this was denounced by the Labour opposition as a "stealth tax".

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One option would be to introduce a so-called stealth tax - a means of raising revenue which is not explicitly labelled or intended as a tax.

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Critics describe freezing tax bands - the level at which a person starts paying different rates of tax on their earnings - as a "stealth tax" because the process happens gradually as a person starts earning a bit more.

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