Hypertax

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An extremely heavy tax.

    "In order to highlight the extremity of the New York hypertax, assume a Florida resident decedent dies with a $10 million estate consisting of Florida realty and tangible personal property of $1 million; […]"

Example

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"In order to highlight the extremity of the New York hypertax, assume a Florida resident decedent dies with a $10 million estate consisting of Florida realty and tangible personal property of $1 million; […]"

Etymology

From hyper- + tax.

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