Regressive taxes
What Regressive taxes means in Economics GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Taxes that take a larger percentage from low earners, unlike progressive taxes which take a larger percentage from high earners.
Taxes that tend to be indirect and take a larger proportion of income from lower earners.
Topics that use Regressive taxes
- Government income and expenditure (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Budget deficit
- Budget surplus
- Direct taxes
- Fiscal policy
- Government revenue
- Income inequality
- Indirect taxes
- National debt
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