regressive

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Whose rate decreases as the amount increases
That tends to return, revert or regress
{a} returning, going or coming back
opposing progress (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate decreases as the amount increases
Regressive behaviour, activities, or processes involve a return to an earlier and less advanced stage of development. This regressive behaviour is more common in boys. returning to an earlier, less advanced state, or causing something to do this - used to show disapproval   progressive
Passing back; returning
{s} withdrawing, moving backward; returning to a previous condition, going back to an earlier state
(of taxes) adjusted so that the rate decreases as the amount increases
Characterized by retrogression; retrogressive
opposing progress
regressive rate
decreasing rate, rate which is dropping
regressive tax
a tax that has less effect on the rich than on the poor. Tax levied at a rate that decreases as its base increases. Regressivity is considered undesirable because poorer people pay a greater percentage of their income in tax than wealthier people. Consumption taxes and sales taxes are usually considered regressive because of their set rate structures. Tobacco, gasoline, and liquor sales taxes, all major sources of tax revenue, are the most regressive taxes. In an effort to limit regressivity, a number of U.S. states have exempted medicine and grocery items from sales tax. Although the property tax is sometimes judged regressive because poorer people spend a larger percentage of their income on housing than wealthier people, property taxes are nonetheless effective in redistributing wealth from higher to lower income groups. See also progressive tax
regressive taxes
mandatory payments which are not dependent of the amount of income
regressively
In a regressive manner
regressively
with backward movement; retrogressively, in the manner of returning to a previous state
regressive
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