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Under a regressive tax your tax rate goes down as you make more money. (Total Tax Paid) / (Income) = (Percent of income paid). As the tax rate goes down, the more you make the lower this number will be.
Because a tax is a tax all you got to do is pay them, get over it.
Real life examples:-a) People standing in a line to board a bus:- The person who stand first in the line get into the bus first and the person who stand last in the line board the bus last. This follows the First-in-first-out (FIFO) principle of queue.b) Phone answering system :- Person who would call first gets a response first and the person who would call last gets the response last. This follows the FIFO principle of queue.c) Person waiting outside cinema hall:- Person who would be checked first will get into the cinema hall first and the person who would be checked last would get into the cinema hall last. This follows the FIFO principle of queue.d) Luggage checking machine:- Luggage that would be put first in the machine would be checked first and the luggage that will be put at the last would be checked last. This follows the FIFO principle of queue.e) Patient wait outside the clinic :- Patient who come first visit the doctor first and the patient who comes last visit the doctor last. This follows the FIFO principle of queue.f) Vehicles on toll-tax bridge :- The vehicles that comes first to the toll tax booth will leave the booth first and the vehicle that comes last would leave the booth last. This follows the FIFO principle of queue.AKANKSHA
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It is a tax applied on top of an asset that has already been taxed.
The benefits-received principle justifies a regressive tax.
the benefits received principle
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A regressive tax is a rate of tax that falls as the income rises.
This is a fixed rate (proportional) tax, not a regressive tax.
regressive tax encourages earning. this is such that as for the case of progressive tax whereby the more you earn, the more taxes you pay in the case of regressive tax, the more you earn the more you get to keep.
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The benefit principle of taxation is typically associated with a regressive tax system. This principle states that individuals should pay taxes in proportion to the benefits they receive from public goods and services. In practice, this can disproportionately burden lower-income individuals who rely more heavily on these public services.
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the countries practicing regressive tax are japan, united states, china, Canada and Korea.