taxpayer

Converse of object

• save: However, Mr Wagner announced he would be defending himself to save the taxpayer footing his legal aid bill.
• cost: In addition, Israel has cost American taxpayers more than $ 120 billion in the past 40 years.

Converse of subject

subsidize: The export credit agencies, which are subsidized by taxpayers, will guarantee the bills if the countries default.

Adjective modifier

• higher-rate: For higher-rate taxpayers paying 40 per cent, every £ 100 going into their pension costs them £ 60.
• hard-pressed: There you are, I've just saved us hard-pressed taxpayers £ 250 000 at a stroke.
• British: The British taxpayer paid up the arms industry reaped its profits.
• basic: Higher rate taxpayers can give over a quarter more than a basic rate taxpayer for the same net cost.

Modifies a noun

• billion: The Veterans Affairs data theft could ultimately cost taxpayers billions of dollars.
• dollar: Pumping millions of of taxpayer dollars of play for.
• money: Benefit Fraud Help us save the taxpayers money Report benefit cheats!
• subsidy: This aircraft, the 787, will receive American taxpayer subsidies amounting to 70 % of its total development cost.
• million: Meeting this threat with a Maginot line of sea walls would cost taxpayers millions of pounds.
• expense: Much of that has been dismantled at US taxpayer expense.

Noun used with modifier

• basic-rate: After tax, this would fall to £ 8 for a basic-rate taxpayer or £ 6 for a higher-rate taxpayer.
• top-rate: Example Suppose a top-rate taxpayer wants to put £ 10,000 cash into his pension scheme.
• council: Mr Ching could not quantify the indirect cost to council taxpayers of the deferral of other capital schemes.
• rate: I'm a higher rate taxpayer will I benefit from putting my savings into a Current Account Mortgage?

Possessives

• money: The voucher scheme is a waste of taxpayers ' money.
• expense: Who owns the access rights to a database that has been compiled at taxpayers ' expense?
• revolt: A taxpayers ' revolt is in full swing, but no senior politician dares to step forward to lead it.