Income tax
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
See Income.
— Indirect taxes. those demanded in the first instance from one person in the expectation and intention that he shall indemnify himself at the expense of another. "Ordinarily all taxes paid primarily by persons who can shift the burden upon some one else, or who are under no legal compulsion to pay them, are considered indirect taxea" Pollock v. Farmers' It. & T. Co., l57 U. S. 429, 15 Sup. Ct. 673, 39 L. Ed. 759; Springer v. U. S„ 107 U. S. 602, 26 L. Ed. 253; Thomasson v. State, 15 Ind. '451.
Defined under Tax in Black's Law Dictionary.