indirect tax noun [C,U]

(Economics )

tax which is collected from businesses on the goods and services that people buy from them:

The government raises most of its revenue from indirect taxes such as VAT and duty on fuel.

⇨ DIRECT TAX

indirect taxation noun [U]:

the movement from a system of direct to indirect taxation

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