adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
regressive tax
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
tax
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Another useful classification is between progressive, proportional and regressive taxes .
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Any flat tax is inherently unfair, as are all regressive taxes.
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A new education bill remained unfunded, and reform of a famously regressive tax system made no progress.
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A regressive tax structure is one in which the average tax rate falls as income level rises.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Any flat tax is inherently unfair, as are all regressive taxes.
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Here are the roots of the regressive trends in adolescence and in adult life.
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Here, in the regressive , infantile wish for the perfect parent of early childhood lies the germ of the police state.
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It is reactionary and regressive to pretend that television does not exist.
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Non-domestic rates are also regressive but various measures have sought to ease the burden.
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Shortly after this regressive move the post was cut completely.
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The tax system as a whole has thus become both increasingly regressive and increasingly unsupportive of family formation.
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This is a regressive income tax.