hidden tax

1. 1.

   a tax paid unwittingly by the consumer (such as ad valorem taxes)

   Broaderindirect tax

   tax

Questions about hidden tax

What does hidden tax mean?

hidden tax means "a tax paid unwittingly by the consumer (such as ad valorem taxes)".

Is hidden tax a common word?

hidden tax is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.