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mistaxing

mistaxing is the present participle and gerund of mistax.

Meaning of mistax

Verb

mistax (third-person singular simple present mistaxes, present participle mistaxing, simple past and past participle mistaxed)

  1. (transitive) To tax inappropriately.
    • If a rare transaction is mistaxed, taxpayers have an incentive to find it and exploit it.2004, Henry Aaron, Joel Slemrod, The Crisis in Tax Administration, page 36

Questions about mistaxing

What is mistaxing the present participle and gerund of?
Mistaxing is the present participle and gerund of mistax.

Words near mistaxing in the dictionary

  1. mistasting
  2. mistaught
  3. mistax
  4. mistaxed
  5. mistaxes
  6. mistaxing
  7. mistbelt
  8. mistbelts
  9. mistbow
  10. mistbows
  11. misteach

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