Archive for date: July 8th, 2010

Proportional, Progressive, and Regressive taxes

8 July, 2010 (14:04) | Uncategorized | By: Roger Out

Taxes can be categorized by the impact they have on the distribution of income and wealth. A proportional tax is the kind of tax that imposes the same relative requirement on all the taxpayers—i.e., in the case where tax liability and income move in relative scale. A progressive tax is characterizable by a more than [...]