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tax revenue
UK/tæks ˈrevənjuː/US/tæks ˈrevəˌnuː/TAX REV·e·nue
Band 4-5task2speaking
The total money a government collects from taxes.
Examples
“Last year tax revenue fell because economic growth slowed.”
“The government needs to broaden the tax base to increase tax revenue.”
“High tax revenue allows more spending on public services.”
Band 8 sentence
“If policymakers want to expand public spending without increasing rates, they must broaden the tax base to boost overall tax revenue.”
Collocations
- increase tax revenue
- generate tax revenue
- fall in tax revenue
Word family
tax noun / verbrevenue nountaxable adjective
Common mistakes
taxes revenue→tax revenue
revenue of tax→tax revenue
Say it for a higher band
5taxes revenue→6tax income→7+tax revenue
Synonyms
tax income
Easily confused
tax rate
“A higher tax rate does not always lead to higher tax revenue.”
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