basis of tax

basis of tax
The ground or foundation on which the tax is computed; the rate is the percentage fixed by the statute applied to the basis in making the calculation. The result is the amount of the tax to be paid. Pacific Mot Life Ins. Co. v Lowe, 354 111 398, 188 NE 436.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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