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flat taxes

flat taxes is the plural 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

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What is flat taxes the plural of?
Flat taxes is the plural of flat tax.

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