bracket creep
noun[U]
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asituationin which someonepaysahigherrateoftaxafterreceivinganincreaseinincomethat isintendedtokeepup withinflation
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bracket creep
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.One cause of fiscal drag may bebracketcreep, where progressive taxation increases automatically as taxpayers move into higher tax brackets due to inflation.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The lack of indexing producesbracketcreep.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Income taxbracketcreephad been used to fund the package butbracketcreephad not been used in the analysis of the after tax income various taxpayers would receive.
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