Search results for "Regressive tax" - New World Encyclopedia

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  • An ad valorem tax (Latin for "according to value") is a ... income tax. Opponents argue that, as a regressive tax, it puts too much burden ...
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  • A consumption tax is a tax on spending on goods and services. The ... Since consumption taxes are argued to be inherently regressive on ...
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  • sale (tax-exclusive). Sales tax is a regressive tax, meaning that its impact ... ==Sales tax: a regressive tax== There are two types of taxation: progressive ...
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  • The Value Added Tax (VAT) is a form of consumption tax that taxes ... Additionally, since this is a regressive tax, lower income people ...
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  • A poll tax, or head tax, is a tax of a uniform, fixed amount per ... There are several famous cases of poll taxes in history, notably a ...
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  • part to small farmers. In addition, the tax system at the time--a direct ... in truth they were, property-owning, anti-tax rebels who wanted to keep ...
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  • Property tax, or millage tax, is an ad valorem tax that an owner pays ... property taxes, thus creating a more regressive tax system and less equitable ...
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  • The state of Washington has the most regressive tax structure in the ... Most foods are exempt from sales tax; however, prepared foods, dietary ...
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  • in the American Revolution and exacerbated by a regressive system of taxation, as well as poor harvests in the late 1780s. Simon Schama, Citizens: ...
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  • economic engine, and by opponents as a regressive mechanism for enriching ... resulted in a serious degradation of the tax bases of many cities, isolated ...
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