progressive tax

1. A tax that takes a higher proportion of large incomes than of small ones. ( Compare regressive tax .)

Example Sentences

But as it stands, the United States already has one of the very most progressive tax systems in the world.

From The Daily Beast

He is, he says, to the left of the party on most issues, including single payer health care and a more progressive tax structure.

From The Daily Beast

Small fortunes would be exempted and those above 20,000 marks would be subject to a progressive tax.

From Project Gutenberg

But the idea of a progressive tax was ingrafted into the law.

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Then there are the death duties, a progressive tax on property passing at death, which yield one tenth of the revenue.

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During the palmiest days of Greece—the days of Solon and Lycurgus—a progressive tax was a stern reality.

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All incomes unearned by productive work of hand or brain were subjected to a progressive tax, which reached fifty per cent.

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