Progressive tax
What Progressive tax means in Economics GCSE, as defined for AQA, Pearson Edexcel.
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Reference: AQA
A tax that takes a higher percentage of income as an individual's income rises.
A tax system where the proportion of income paid in tax rises as income rises.
Topics that use Progressive tax
- Government income and expenditure (AQA GCSE)
- Government and the economy (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Budget deficit
- Budget surplus
- Direct taxes
- Fiscal policy
- Government revenue
- Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
- Income inequality
- Indirect taxes
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