Meaning of tax resistance | Babel Free
Definitions
Refusal to pay taxes as a form of political protest against the government or its policies.
Examples
“In European settings, tax resistance stopped being a collective form⟳ of protest⟳ in the nineteenth century, when connections among representation, citizenship, and taxation were affirmed.”
“Some level of tax resistance must be expected under any system of public policy. But if popular support⟳ of and confidence in government is constant, tax resistance also should be constant.”
“The case of tax resistance highlights the difficulties of drawing a line, in practice, between cases of civil disobedience and conscientious objection.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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