negative income tax
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noun
a system of income subsidy through which persons having less than a certain annual income receive money from the government rather than pay taxes to it.
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negative income tax
A plan to raise the income of the poor by direct cash subsidies. Instead of paying an income tax, the poor would receive a cash payment from the government.
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