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🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

sistema fiscale

Pronunciation / Transliteration: sis-tɛ-ma fis-ka-le

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Tax system/ˈtæks ˈsɪs.təm/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"La riforma del sistema fiscale è al centro del dibattito politico."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The methods and rules a government uses to impose and collect taxes from its citizens and corporations.

    "The government is planning a major overhaul of the tax system to make it fairer for low-income families."
  2. 2

    The institutional framework and administrative agencies responsible for tax assessment, enforcement, and compliance.

    "A transparent tax system encourages higher rates of voluntary compliance among businesses."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'tax', originating from the Latin 'taxare' (meaning to evaluate, estimate, or assess), with 'system', derived from the Greek 'systema' (an organized whole or body). Together, the compound phrase emerged in modern economic and political discourse to describe the structured framework through which governments collect revenue.

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