hypertax

English

Etymology

hyper- +‎ tax

Noun

hypertax (plural hypertaxes)

  1. An extremely heavy tax
    • 2003 October 1, Robert M. Arlen, David Pratt, “The New York (and other states) death tax trap.”, in Florida Bar Journal‎:
      In order to highlight the extremity of the New York hypertax, assume a Florida resident decedent dies with a $10 million estate consisting of Florida realty and tangible personal property of $1 million; […]
    • 2008 December 9, Patrick McIlheran, “Don’t believe the Big Three”, in New York Post:
      It could mainly make sure it doesn’t mess up the economy, nor workers’ future prospects, with hypertaxes, microregulation and a stasis-supporting bailout […]
    • 2009 February 14, “Letters: Time to sack the bonus culture”, in The Guardian‎:
      Bring in a hypertax rate of say 90p in the pound on certain incomes.
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