Fiscal vs Tax - What's the difference?
fiscal | tax |
Related to the treasury of a country, company, region or city, particularly to government spending and revenue.
(proscribed) Pertaining to finance and money in general; financial.
A public official in certain countries having control of public revenue.
(British, Scottish law) Procurator fiscal, a public prosecutor.
(legal) In certain countries, including Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, and former colonies of these countries and certain British colonies, solicitor or attorney general.
Money paid to the government other than for transaction-specific goods and services.
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A burdensome demand.
A task exacted from one who is under control; a contribution or service, the rendering of which is imposed upon a subject.
(obsolete) charge; censure
(obsolete) A lesson to be learned.
To impose and collect a tax from (a person).
To impose and collect a tax on (something).
To make excessive demands on.
* Do not tax my patience.
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As nouns the difference between fiscal and tax
is that fiscal is a public official in certain countries having control of public revenue while tax is money paid to the government other than for transaction-specific goods and services.As an adjective fiscal
is related to the treasury of a country, company, region or city, particularly to government spending and revenue.As a verb tax is
to impose and collect a tax from (a person).fiscal
English
(wikipedia fiscal)Etymology 1
From (etyl) fiscal, from (etyl) – see (fiscus) and (fisc).Adjective
(en adjective)Usage notes
* Not to be confused with (financial), which refers to money generally, particularly lending and banking, rather than narrowly to a treasury.Noun
(en noun)See also
* finance, financialEtymology 2
After (etyl)See also
* (Lanius) * (Lanius) ----tax
English
(wikipedia tax)Noun
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- a heavy tax on time or health
- (Clarendon)
- (Johnson)
Synonyms
* (money paid to government) impost, tribute, contribution, duty, toll, rate, assessment. exaction, custom, demand, levyAntonyms
* (money paid to government) subsidyHyponyms
(types of taxes) * church tax * corporation tax * duty * estate tax * excise * excise tax * gift tax * goods and services tax * gross receipts tax * head tax * income tax * inheritance tax * land tax * poll tax * property tax * personal property tax * real property tax * sales tax * sin tax * sumptuary tax * transfer tax * use tax * utilities tax * value added taxCoordinate terms
(other government revenues) * fine * license fee * penalty * seignorage * user chargeDerived terms
* tax collector * tax haven * tax hike * taxman * tax free * tax rise * taxes due * taxpayerVerb
(es)- Some think to tax the wealthy is the fairest.
- Some think to tax wealth is destructive of a private sector.