X MARKS THE SPOT

PROGRESSIVE
SYLLABLE TAX
RHYMES WITH "TAX"

TYPES OF TAXES

WEIRD TAXES

100

A GROWN-UP HATCHET

AXE

100

CHARLATANS OR DUCK SOUNDS

QUACKS

100

WHAT DET. FRIDAY ALWAYS WANTED ON DRAGNET

JUST THE FACTS

100

BECAUSE YOU EARN MONEY

INCOME TAX

100

SOME NATIONS TAX COW FLATULENCE BECAUSE OF THIS BOVINE-PRODUCED GAS

METHANE

200

A SOURCE OF LINEN

FLAX

200

SHARP CURVES ON A MOUNTAIN PASS

SWITCHBACKS

200

OBSCURE YOUR FOOTPRINTS

COVER YOUR TRACKS
200

BECAUSE YOU OWN SOMETHING

PROPERTY TAX

200
ALABAMA IS THE ONLY U.S. STATE TO ISSUE A 10-CENT TAX ON THESE SUITED DECKS

PLAYING CARDS

300

AN ABBREVIATED INJECTION

VAX

300

PROFESSIONAL TREE CHOPPERS

LUMBERJACKS

300

THE AFFAIRS OF MY APIARY ARE NOT YOUR CONCERN

NONE OF YOUR BEESWAX

300

BECAUSE YOU PURCHASE SOMETHING

SALES TAX

300

THIS STATE IMPOSED THE FIRST JOCK TAX IN 1991 AFTER THE CHICAGO BULLS BEAT THE L.A. LAKERS IN THE FINALS

CALIFORNIA

400

A WAY TO TRANSMIT DOCUMENTS

FAX

400

THEY JUST CAN'T REMEMBER

AMNESIACS

400

ESCAPE NOTICE OR LACK SUFFICIENT ATTENTION

SLIP THROUGH THE CRACKS

400

BECAUSE YOU'RE A BUSINESS

CORPORATE TAX

400
MAINE SAYS TAXING THIS SMALL, ROUND FRUIT PROTECTS IT FROM BEING OVERHARVESTED

BLUEBERRIES

500

JAMES "SPIDER" RICH AND BOOTS RANDOLPH'S 1963 INSTRUMENTAL: "YAKETY" THIS

SAX

500

FREE BLEEDERS

HEMOPHILIACS

500

BEING PRESENTED WITH A FORESTRY TOOL OR BEING FIRED

GETTING THE AXE

500

BECAUSE YOUR RICH UNCLE DIED

INHERITANCE TAX

500

CHICAGO'S CANDY TAX COUNTS TREATS MADE WITH THIS INGREDIENT AS FOOD, WHILE THOSE WITHOUT IT ARE COUNTED AS CANDY

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