0 a new tax that is collected in a way that is not very obvious, so people may not realize that they are paying it
1 a form of tax that is not noticed or seen as a tax by most people:
In addition, the proceeds of the wavebands should never be seen as a stealth tax.
In practice, in my judgment, these regulations represent the only real stealth tax and, regrettably, they punish some of the poorest of my constituents.
We are talking about yet another stealth tax.
It is, in effect, a stealth tax, and it is not an effective way to tackle congestion.
Does not that amount to an admission that it was nothing more than a stealth tax to raise extra money?
The energy tax is just another stealth tax.
That is yet another example of a stealth tax.
Clearly, as regards those with incomes of more than £30,000 a year, it is yet another stealth tax.
