Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sponge tax

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.58 in modern English

Syllables: sponge -tax
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An estate tax imposed by a state that was credited against the federal estate tax, raising revenue for a state without increasing the overall tax burden.

American usage

Example Sentences

"Following various versions of the Massachusetts estate tax in response to the changes in the Internal Revenue Code, in 2002, the Legislature amended § 2A to use a "sponge tax" calculation based upon the Federal credit for State death taxes that would have been allowable to a decedent's estate in 2000."

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

sponge taxes (plural)

Questions

What does sponge tax mean?: An estate tax imposed by a state that was credited against the federal estate tax, raising revenue for a state without increasing the overall tax burden.

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