tax base
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Tax base
The assessed value of the taxable property, assets, and income within a specific geographic area.
Tax Base
The value of all assets that a government may tax. The tax base may increase for a number of reasons, particularly with the creation of wealth or when persons with high income move to an area. The tax base is particularly important to local governments because persons with large amounts of assets can move in and out with relative ease. The tax base is also the reason that government revenues tend to increase during economic growth and shrink during recessions.
tax base
The resources that are available for taxation. An evaluation of the tax base is of particular importance in certain municipal bond issues secured by tax revenues.
tax base
the total pool that the tax authorities can tap in levying a TAX. For example, the tax base for INCOME TAX is total taxable income and the tax base for CORPORATION TAX is total taxable profits.tax base
The assessed value of all the property within a taxing jurisdiction.Local governments are always extremely sensitive to the size of the tax base and the need to increase it,and will often offer incentives to developers who will increase the sales taxes in the area,increase the tax base through additional improved properties, or increase the tax base through redevelopment and increased property values.