ECONOMICS
FISCAL POLICY
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Question
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the tax rate declines as income increases
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the tax rate increases as income increases
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the tax rate remains the same, regardless of size of income
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the tax rate increases the total volume of consumer expenditures
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Detailed explanation-1: -Definition: Progressive tax is the taxing mechanism in which the taxing authority charges more taxes as the income of the taxpayer increases. A higher tax is collected from the taxpayers who earn more and lower taxes from taxpayers earning less. The government uses a progressive tax mechanism.
Detailed explanation-2: -A progressive tax is a tax system that increases rates as the taxable income goes up. It is usually segmented into tax brackets that progress to successively higher rates. For example, a progressive tax rate may move from 0% to 45%, from the lowest and highest brackets, as the taxable amount increases.
Detailed explanation-3: -A progressive tax takes a larger percentage of income from high-income groups than from low-income groups and is based on the concept of ability to pay. A progressive tax system might, for example, tax low-income taxpayers at 10 percent, middle-income taxpayers at 15 percent and high-income taxpayers at 30 percent.
Detailed explanation-4: -Income Tax is thus an example of a progressive tax.
Detailed explanation-5: -According to Dalton, “In proportional taxation all the tax payers pay their taxes according to the equal proportion of this income”. Progressive Tax-Progressive tax system is a system in which not only the income increases as well as the rate of tax. Its principle is, “More income, more rate of tax”.