anti-tax
adjective
an·ti-tax
ˌan-tē-ˈtaks 
ˌan-tī-
variants
or antitax
: opposing taxes : favoring the reduction or elimination of taxes
a vocal anti-tax activist
the antitax coalition
Examples of anti-tax in a Sentence
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Several days ago, Mr. Trump was accompanied by Ken Paxton, the attorney general of Texas, and David McIntosh, the head of the anti-tax Club for Growth.
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Maggie Haberman, New York Times, 9 May 2024
Hoping to leverage popular resistance to tax increases, business and anti-tax groups led by the California Business Roundtable have qualified a measure for the November ballot that would make raising state and local taxes much more difficult.
—Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 12 Apr. 2024
Jeffrey Yass, a founder of Susquehanna, is a major Republican donor and funder of the Club for Growth, an anti-tax group that also focuses on issues like free speech, which has become a key point of contention in the TikTok debate.
—Lauren Hirsch, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2024
Grover Norquist, president of the anti-tax group Americans for Tax Reform, said Milei’s advisers had asked him to put together a list of conservatives in the United States to invite to the inauguration.
—Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2023
That trend continued throughout the night as the anti-tax votes led the results from each polling site.
—Eplunus Colvin, arkansasonline.com, 15 Nov. 2023
The conservative anti-tax advocates backing the Moores are hoping to use the case to stifle the nascent movement in favor of a wealth tax on the richest Americans.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2023
But California Republicans may have at least one ace in the hole: a potentially compelling anti-tax argument.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Oct. 2023
Business and anti-tax interests have collected 1.4 million voter signatures and qualified an initiative for the November 2024 state ballot that would require, among other things, a two-thirds vote by citizens to increase certain local taxes.
—George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2023
Maggie Haberman, New York Times, 9 May 2024
Hoping to leverage popular resistance to tax increases, business and anti-tax groups led by the California Business Roundtable have qualified a measure for the November ballot that would make raising state and local taxes much more difficult.
—Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 12 Apr. 2024
Jeffrey Yass, a founder of Susquehanna, is a major Republican donor and funder of the Club for Growth, an anti-tax group that also focuses on issues like free speech, which has become a key point of contention in the TikTok debate.
—Lauren Hirsch, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2024
Grover Norquist, president of the anti-tax group Americans for Tax Reform, said Milei’s advisers had asked him to put together a list of conservatives in the United States to invite to the inauguration.
—Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2023
That trend continued throughout the night as the anti-tax votes led the results from each polling site.
—Eplunus Colvin, arkansasonline.com, 15 Nov. 2023
The conservative anti-tax advocates backing the Moores are hoping to use the case to stifle the nascent movement in favor of a wealth tax on the richest Americans.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2023
But California Republicans may have at least one ace in the hole: a potentially compelling anti-tax argument.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Oct. 2023
Business and anti-tax interests have collected 1.4 million voter signatures and qualified an initiative for the November 2024 state ballot that would require, among other things, a two-thirds vote by citizens to increase certain local taxes.
—George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2023
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“Anti-tax.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-tax. Accessed 14 May. 2024.
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