TAXataxthat isbasedon how muchmoneypeoplespend,ratherthan on how much theyearn:Expendituretaxisbasedon therateofspending.
See also
consumption taxincome taxsales tax(Definition ofexpenditure taxfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofexpenditure tax
expenditure taxTheir analysis points to use of a progressiveexpendituretaxas the most desirable financing policy.From theCambridge English CorpusFinally the present volume comments only briefly on the practical and administrative aspects of a progressiveexpendituretax.From theCambridge English CorpusThe followon study should take seriously the practical obstacles that might arise when implementing a progressiveexpendituretax.From theCambridge English CorpusMy party produced policies which are a half-way step towards anexpendituretax, with greater encouragement for saving.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0That is anexpendituretaxand therefore bears more heavily than income tax on poorer people.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0Our complaint is that this is a selective increase in a selectiveexpendituretax.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0He suggested that there was a strong case for anexpendituretaxto partially replace income tax.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0We want anexpendituretaxand we want all savings to be treated neutrally.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0As anexpendituretax, it is monstrously too onerous.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0I should like income tax to be converted into anexpendituretax.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/expenditure-tax##
