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flat rate tax

flat rate tax is the alternative form of flat tax.

Meaning of flat tax

Noun

flat tax (plural flat taxes)

  1. A tax, usually income tax, whose percentage rate or currency value remains constant, regardless of the amount to which the tax is applied.
    • Several candidates for the 1996 Republican Presidential nomination and some of the top Republican leaders in Congress are advocating replacing the graduated income tax with a flat tax.1995 April 18, David E. Rosenbaum, “Washington Memo: Debate on Flat Tax Revives Simplicity vs. Fairness Issue”, in New York Times, retrieved 27 Nov 2015

Forms of flat rate tax

pluralflat rate taxes

Questions about flat rate tax

What is flat rate tax the alternative form of?
Flat rate tax is the alternative form of flat tax.

Words near flat rate tax in the dictionary

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