supertax

/soo-per-taks/US // ˈsu pərˌtæks //UK // (ˈsuːpəˌtæks) //

超级税,超额税,超税,超重税

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : Chiefly British. a tax in addition to a normal tax, as one upon income above a certain amount.
- : a surtax.

Thank Heaven, she says, hes got somebody thatll be able to keep him when the supertax is put up to twenty shillings in the pound.
Income-tax and supertax doubled and charged on one-third of the current year's income.
What we call the normal income tax is the ordinary tax; what we call the surtax is the supertax.
The rate of this supertax should increase with the size of the estate above the fixed maximum.
For situations of this kind a supertax on large estates would seem to hold the promise of a large measure of relief.