Dictionary definition: proportional tax
A Dictionary of Economics;      264 words ...proportional tax A tax where the revenue collected rises proportionally with income. A tax system could be made approximately proportional by having a uniform rate of income tax with very few exemptions, and indirect taxes levied ...

Article: `PROPORTIONAL' TAX REGRESSIVE.(EDITORIAL)(Letter to ...
The Capital Times (Madison, WI);  March 8, 2003 ;     363 words ...Byline: Steven A. Holicek, Madison Dear Editor: Contrary to what Richard S. Russell said in his March 3 letter, what he refers to as "proportional" taxes are in fact, as Dave Zweifel contends, regressive. Regressive taxation does not mean that the tax rate goes down as income level goes up, as

Article: RETAIL DEVELOPER WANTS PROPORTIONAL TAX BREAKS
Roanoke Times & World News;  October 26, 2004 ;     700+ words ...If Keagy Village gets $970,000 from Roanoke County, then Slate Hill should get $2.5 million. That is the essence of a message Hunter Smith sent the Roanoke County Board of Supervisors on Monday afternoon. This evening, the supervisors plan to consider an incentive package for Kahn Development, the

Article: Tax cuts, the deficit and the state tax system
Michigan Citizen;  April 9, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... 04-09-2005 Our current tax system needs serious review and ... the equity of fairness of a tax system, most commonly the issue ... Michigan income tax is a proportional tax that levies the same percentage ... trade offs with whatever tax system Michigan develops. But if ...

Article: Minnesota Hopes to Make State Tax System Less ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  March 17, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... Committee. "I don't believe the tax system should be as regressive as it ... administration's goal is to achieve a proportional tax system -- in which people pay an equal ... income in taxes. A progressive tax system, in which tax rates rise as ...

Article: Is the corporation tax an effective automatic stabilizer?(United ...
National Tax Journal;  September 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... extent to which the tax system acts as an automatic ... symmetry of the tax system. A proportional tax would induce the ... gross income than a proportional tax. The second factor ... the impact of the tax system over the cycle may ...

Article: Tax reductions, tax changes, and the marriage penalty.
National Tax Journal;  September 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... of the federal personal income tax system that has been widely regarded ... at progressive (rather than proportional) tax rates, in order to achieve vertical ... equity across individuals. Such a tax system will necessarily fail to achieve ...