progressive tax

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

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progressive tax

To reduce their power, the author suggested things like the reintroduction of mandatory retirement ages or the creation of a progressive tax on homes to encourage downsizing.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026

California has a progressive tax system under which the top 1% of taxpayers paid 36.6% of the state’s income taxes in 2023, the most recent year of data, according to the California Franchise Tax Board.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026

“How we do that is a more difficult and challenging conversation. And the volatility is foundational in terms of the tax system we have — the progressive tax system.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2024

“We have a pretty progressive tax policy in the state here already,” he told reporters in November.

From New York Times ● Jan. 23, 2024

Thus, in trying to reach the rich, the progressive tax always reaches the consumer; and it is impossible for it not to reach him without suppressing production altogether: what a mistake!

From System of Economical Contradictions; or, the Philosophy of Misery by P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph) Proudhon