🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Steuerstruktur

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ˈʃtɔɪɐˌstʁʊktʊɐ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Tax Structure/tæks ˈstrʌk.tʃər/
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Eine gerechte Steuerstruktur ist für den sozialen Frieden wichtig."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The system or manner in which different types of taxes are levied, proportioned, and collected within a state or country.

    "The government is proposing reforms to the tax structure to reduce the burden on middle-income families."
  2. 2

    The specific arrangement or breakdown of taxes imposed on individuals, corporations, goods, and services.

    "A progressive tax structure ensures that those with higher incomes pay a larger percentage of their earnings in tax."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'tax', originating from the Latin 'taxare' (to evaluate, estimate, or assess), and 'structure', derived from the Latin 'structura' (a fitting together or building). Together, the phrase emerged in modern economic and political discourse during the 20th century to describe the organized system or framework of various taxes within a jurisdiction.

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