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Concept
List of taxes
Summary
This page, a companion page to tax, lists different taxes by economic design. For different taxes by country, see Tax rates around the world.
Taxes generally fall into the following broad categories:
Income tax
Payroll tax
Property tax
Consumption tax
Tariff (taxes on international trade)
Capitation, a fixed tax charged per person
Fees and tolls
Effective taxes, government policies that are not explicitly taxes, but result in income to the government through losses to the public
Income tax
Capital gains tax is a tax on the sale of an investment, usually stocks, bonds, precious metals and property.
Corporate tax is levied on the earnings or profits of a corporation.
Dividend tax is a tax on dividends paid to shareholders of a company.
Excess profits tax is a tax on unusually high profits levied on a corporation. This was largely levied in the United States in times of war to prevent war profiteering, but has been proposed at other times.
Flat tax, an income tax where everyone pays the same tax rate.
Gift tax, a tax on gifts given (generally paid by the person making the gift, not by the recipient).
Gross receipts tax, a tax on revenues received by a corporation, even if they don't profit.
Hall–Rabushka flat tax, a flat tax on income that excludes investments.
Inheritance tax, a tax paid on money gained through inheritance
Negative income tax, an income tax where the poor receive payment from the government, instead of owing taxes.
Windfall profits tax is a tax on profits gained by a company that has some kind of large unexpected profit.
Payroll tax
FICA tax is a tax levied in the United States to fund Social Security and Medicare.
Pay-as-you-earn tax is a tax paid on each paycheck to pay towards income tax. It is commonly refunded when taxpayers file income tax returns.
Withholding tax is money withheld from a paycheck, often to contribute to income tax liability.
Property tax
Most property taxes charge for both the value of the land and the value of any buildings or other improvements on the land.
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