Stealth tax

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A stealth tax is a tax levied in a way that is largely unnoticed, or not recognized as a traditional tax.^[1] The phrase was generally used in the United Kingdom by Conservatives against the New Labour government's behaviour and has been used in British politics since the 1990s.