A progressive tax takes a larger percentage of income from wealthier taxpayers and a smaller percentage from those with lower incomes. This system is designed to reduce income inequality by imposing higher rates on higher income brackets, while lower earners benefit from lower rates. Income tax is a common example of a progressive tax structure.
Income Tax
Federal taxes are not based on a straight percentage but on a deduction and then a percentage. The percentage is according to income. If you live in a state that already takes out high taxes, then the federal government takes out taxes at an even higher rate.
a tax system that takes a larger proportion of income from high income people than from low income people
It depends on how the tax is structured. For example many many consider sales or gasoline taxes as regressive, because for low income groups -- it takes a higher percentage of their income to pay it. In the USA our income tax system is progressive, if you make more -- you pay a higher higher tax rate. (%). Please note, this is a simple answer to a complex question.
A regressive tax is one that takes a smaller percentage of income from high-income people than from low-income people. In a regressive tax system, as income increases, the percentage of income paid in taxes decreases.
Regressive
Regressive.^_^=
Regressive tax. E.g. value added tax
A progressive tax takes a larger percentage of income from wealthier taxpayers and a smaller percentage from those with lower incomes. This system is designed to reduce income inequality by imposing higher rates on higher income brackets, while lower earners benefit from lower rates. Income tax is a common example of a progressive tax structure.
Probably a regressive tax, but also unfair, immoral, and probably Republican written.
Your question is backwards. There is no income on tax. However, there is a tax on income. This is known as income tax. Income tax is a system created by the government that takes a percentage of your income out of your check based on how much money you earn. Generally speaking, the higher your income, the higher the percentage of it the government takes.
Income Tax
a tax system that takes a larger proportion of income from high-income people than from low-income people
A flat tax.
Fair tax
This depends where you are comparing it to and the percentage of your income it takes to buy an item.