Economics GCSE
Tax bands
What Tax bands means in Economics GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Tax bands
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Reference: AQA
Bands which the UK income tax system features, where crossing into a higher band increases the tax rate applied to that additional income.
Topics that use Tax bands
- 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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