proportional tax
noun[C]
TAXukusataxthat ischargedat the sameratefor everyone, whatevertheirlevelofincome:
NationalInsurance, at 11% for everyemployee, is aproportionaltax.
Examplesofproportional tax
proportional tax
A flat tax falls underproportionaltaxas they allow certain deductions.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Individuals pay aproportionaltaxon labor income and at the same time they either pay a lump-sum tax or receive a lumpsum transfer.
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The voucher is financed through theproportionaltaxrevenues raised for the public school.
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Since theproportionaltaxburden on capital is varied while holding government's proportional claim to output constant, the tax burden on the remaining factors changes to balance the budget.
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We show that monetary equilibria with an inflation tax are equivalent to social security equilibria in which the government levies aproportionaltaxon social security benefits.
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In the band of income that we are debating, it is aproportionaltax.
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