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TAXE REGRESSIVE [1 record]

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Record 1 1999-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Taxation
DEF

Tax whose applicable rate decreases as the applicable base increases, thereby taxing lower income proportionately more. It is the opposite of a progressive tax.

OBS

regressive tax: term and definition reproduced from the CAPITAL Business Dictionary with the permission of LID Editorial Empresarial.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiscalité
DEF

Impôt ou taxe calculé au moyen d'un taux uniforme, et représentant de ce fait un pourcentage de plus en plus faible du revenu du contribuable au fur et à mesure que celui-ci s'accroît.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistema tributario
DEF

Impuesto cuyo tipo impositivo disminuye al aumentar la base imponible. Grava proporcionalmente más a las rentas más bajas. Lo contrario de impuesto progresivo.

OBS

impuesto regresivo: término y definición extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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