could somebody say if these two words are countable or uncountable

They are only countable if you give each a specific digit.

Person A: I paid $1,234.oo in taxes last month.

Person B: Which kinds of taxes did you pay for?

Person A: Let's see. Here's a list: Value-Added Taxes, Import Taxes, Witholding Taxes, State Taxes and Thumb Taxes. =P That's a total of 5 different taxes my money went into.

There are 63 loopholes in your pol

thank you very much for your clear answer and examples Arvsworld

love Damla

It's no problem at all. That's the purpose of this forum. =)

I'm sorry, but I must disagree. They are both countable.

I found a loophole that will let me declare my cat as a business deduction.

This law so so full of loopholes, it's amazing anyone pays any taxes at all.

Both of these use loophole as the countable noun it is.

Tax is often used in the singular. There's an income tax, unemployement tax, school

Damla, it's always hard when you get conflicting information. It's possible that in other places, taxes is always plural, and only in the U.S. do we use it in the singular, but I assure you that loophole is a countable noun all the time, and, in the U.S., at least, tax can be as well.

Best wishes,

Thank you GRAMMER GEEK you are very kind...

you coined a new word there

One which I would certainly apply to taxes!

This dictionary is a pretty good source for identifying uncountable nouns (check the C or U's):

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