regressive tax

A tax that takes a higher percentage of low incomes than high ones. Sales taxes, especially on food, clothing, medicine, and other basic necessities are widely cited as examples of regressive taxes. ( Compare progressive tax .)

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Tariffs, Pancotti said, are a regressive tax that disproportionately impacts lower earners because, in essence, a tariff is a sales tax on imported goods.

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Thus, if “successful,” Trump would be imposing the largest, most regressive tax increase in history.

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They're going to have a regressive tax structure or, at the very least, a non-progressive tax structure.

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With the thousands of citations issued each year, however, Rice said he feels the $100 fine is similar to a “regressive tax on their user base.”

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“Tariffs are a direct, regressive tax on Americans and this tax increase will hit every family,” Polis said on X, the social media site.

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