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taxpayer definition - legal

n

The one who bears the tax liability for any particular transaction. Even though a partnership may receive income, each individual partner is liable for the taxes on that income.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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