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It's upsetting about the taxes (6)

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tithes

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'taxes' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to property as well as being plural nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'it's upsetting about the' is the wordplay.
'upsetting' is an anagram indicator.
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'its' with letters rearranged gives 'tis'.
'tis' going around 'the' is 'TITHES'.

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(Other definitions for tithes that I've seen before include "Tenths of income once paid to church" , "Tenth portions of income given to church" , "Levies of one-tenth, to church perhaps" , "Church taxes" , "Tenth parts, levied by a church perhaps" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News.
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