Regressive Tax
A tax in which the poor pay a larger percentage of income than the rich. Contrast with progressive tax.
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Regressive tax
A tax that tends to take a larger percentage of the incomes of lower income citizens than it takes from the incomes of higher income citizens.
regressive tax
A taxation system that imposes lower rates of tax for those on higher incomes - or more realistically, ...
regressive taxation
tax burden that falls more heavily on those with low income. Contrast with progressive tax , proportional taxation .
Regressive taxes
Definition: Taxes which take a higher proportion of the income of the poor than the rich. A regressive tax can therefore be thought of as a tax that takes a smaller proportion of a income as income rises.
Regressive tax
A tax that takes a smaller proportion of INCOME as the taxpayer's income rises, for example, a fixed-rate vehicle tax that eats up a much larger slice of a poor person's income than a rich person's income.
Regressive tax
A tax system that provides that average tax rates decrease with increases in individuals' income brackets.
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Regressive tax
A regressive or flat income tax system taxes everyone at the same rate, as sales tax does. Advocates say it's simpler and does away with the kinds of tax breaks that tend to favor the wealthy.
Regressive taxation A tax system in which, as more dollars are earned, the percentage of tax paid on them falls. The marginal tax rate is less than the average tax rate as income rises.
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regressive tax: A tax with the same rate for everyone, thus taking a larger percentage of income from the lower income earner. Sales and gasoline tax are examples of a regressive tax.
Regressive tax: A tax the rate of which increases as the taxpayer's income decreases.
Regressive tax - A tax that takes a lower percentage of income the higher the level of income.
Regulation - Refers to the act of controlling or directing according to rule i.e. it is the act of bringing to uniformity.
REGRESSIVE TAX: A tax in which people with more income pay a smaller percentage in taxes. A regressive tax is given by this example--You earn $10,000 a year and your boss gets $20,000.
Regressive Tax
A tax that takes a larger percentage from low-income people than from high-income people. A regressive tax is generally a tax that is applied uniformly. This means that it hits lower-income individuals harder.
Progressive and regressive taxation
An important feature of tax systems is whether they are flat (the percentage does not depend on the base, hence the tax is proportional to how much you earn, have, or spend), ...
regressive tax A tax that takes a larger percentage of the income of low-income people than of high-income people. regular-way delivery Delivery of securities in a transaction on the third business day after the...
1987. 'Progressive and Regressive Taxation.' In John Eatwell, Murray Milgate, and Peter Newman, eds., The New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economics. London: Macmillan. Vol. 3, pp. 1021-1025.
See also: Progressive Tax, Regressive Tax
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The tendency that a random variable will ultimately have a value closer to its mean value.
Regressive tax
A tax system that provides that average tax rates decrease with increases in individuals' income brackets.
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A flat tax, also known as a regressive tax, applies to everyone at the same rate, as a sales tax does.
Sales tax Â- VAT Â- Flat tax
Tax, tariff and trade
Tax haven Â- Property tax
Tax incidence
Tax rate Â- Proportional tax
Progressive tax Â- Regressive tax
Tax advantage Â- Fixed tax
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 See also: Sales tax, Saving, Real rate of return, Banks, Withholding
  
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