bracket creep
Americannoun
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To avoid bracket creep, the government began adjusting, or indexing, tax brackets for inflation in the early 1980s, after a long period of raging inflation.
From New York Times • Sep. 23, 2022
And if he had run in 1982, as inflation was easing, voters might have been less worried about bracket creep, and Reagan’s anti-tax message perhaps wouldn’t have resonated.
From Washington Post • Dec. 21, 2021
And even if you had bracket creep then you can maybe recognize that you have bracket creep now.
From Salon • Mar. 30, 2019
How fast and far "bracket creep" begins remains anyone's guess.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 6, 2013
Slipped into the package during the last few days of debate, this would guard against "bracket creep" by indexing taxes to changes in the Consumer Price Index.
From Time Magazine Archive
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