'Taxes' definitions:
Definition of 'Taxes'
From: Easton
- Taxes first mentioned in the command (Ex. 30:11-16) that every Jew from twenty years and upward should pay an annual tax of "half a shekel for an offering to the Lord." This enactment was faithfully observed for many generations (2 Chr. 24:6; Matt. 17:24).
- Afterwards, when the people had kings to reign over them, they began, as Samuel had warned them (1 Sam. 8:10-18), to pay taxes for civil purposes (1 Kings 4:7; 9:15; 12:4). Such taxes, in increased amount, were afterwards paid to the foreign princes that ruled over them.
- In the New Testament the payment of taxes, imposed by lawful rulers, is enjoined as a duty (Rom. 13:1-7; 1 Pet. 2:13, 14). Mention is made of the tax (telos) on merchandise and travellers (Matt. 17:25); the annual tax (phoros) on property (Luke 20:22; 23:2); the poll-tax (kensos, "tribute," Matt. 17:25; 22:17; Mark 12:14); and the temple-tax ("tribute money" = two drachmas = half shekel, Matt. 17:24-27; comp. Ex. 30:13). (See TRIBUTE.)
Words containing 'Taxes'
- Tax,
- Taxed,
- Taxing,
- Crown tax,
- Direct tax,
- Income tax,
- Indirect tax,
- Poll tax,
- Sales tax,
- Single tax,
- Tax cart,
- Tax certificate,
- Window tax,
- council tax,
- death tax,
- degressive tax,
- departure tax,
- estate tax,
- estimated tax,
- excise tax,
- franchise tax,
- gasoline tax,
- gift tax,
- graduated tax,
- hidden tax,
- inheritance tax,
- land tax,
- license tax,
- nuisance tax,
- progressive tax,
- property tax,
- proportional tax,
- stamp tax,
- tax advantage,
- tax assessment,
- tax assessor,
- tax avoidance,
- tax base,
- tax benefit,
- tax bill,
- tax boost,
- tax bracket,
- tax break,
- tax collection,
- tax collector,
- tax credit,
- tax cut,
- tax deduction,
- tax evasion,
- tax exemption,
- tax form,
- tax haven,
- tax hike,
- tax income,
- tax law,
- tax liability,
- tax lien,
- tax policy,
- tax program,
- tax rate,
- tax return,
- tax revenue,
- tax shelter,
- tax system,
- transfer tax,
- withholding tax,
- ad valorem tax,
- capital gains tax,
- declaration of estimated tax,
- estimated tax return,
- federal tax lien,
- income tax bracket,
- income tax return,
- state tax lien,
- tax write-off,
- tax-exempt,
- tax-exempt tax-free,
- tax-free,
- tax-increase,
- tax-exempt security,
- value-added tax,
- earnings before interest taxes depreciation and amortization