Proportional Tax

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Definition of 'Proportional Tax'

An income tax that takes the same percentage of income from everyone regardless of how much (or little) an individual earns.
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Investopedia explains 'Proportional Tax'

The U.S. and Canada do not use this system. It is quite controversial and certainly debatable whether or not this is a fair system.
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'Proportional Tax'

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    http://www.investopedia.com/exam-guide/series-7/investment-risk-tax-considerations/income-taxation.asp
    ... and other remuneration for work you perform. Earned income is subject to
    income tax at a rate proportional to a person's income; ...

  • A Concise History Of Changes In US Tax Law

    http://www.investopedia.com/articles/tax/10/concise-history-tax-changes.asp
    ... So the 16 th Amendment was introduced in 1913 to pave the way to an income tax by
    removing the proportional to population clause, thus saving the poor souls at ...

  • Do Tax Cuts Stimulate The Economy?

    http://www.investopedia.com/articles/07/tax_cuts.asp
    ... article being purchased. The tax rate stays the same whether you spend
    $1 or $10,000. Taxes are proportional. A second concept is ...

  • Investing In Oil And Gas UITs

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    ... the depletion deduction, and a proportional share of deductible operational expenses
    is passed through as well. (For more information on the tax advantages of ...

  • Macroeconomics: Government - Expenditures, Taxes and Debt ...

    http://www.investopedia.com/university/macroeconomics/macroeconomics10.asp
    ... Regressive taxes result in lower average tax rates as income falls; sales tax is
    commonly used as an example. Proportional taxes maintain a constant rate ...

  • Paying Uncle Sam: From Tobacco To $1 Trillion

    http://www.investopedia.com/articles/08/US-taxes.asp
    ... up among the states according to their proportional population. This meant that
    the citizens in different states would end up with different tax rates because ...

  • Series 6 Study Guide - Customer Accounts - Death or Incompetence ...

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    ... For estate tax purposes securities will generally be valued as of the date of ... Thus,
    when one account owner dies the decedent's proportional share of securities ...

  • Employee Stock Options: Introduction | Investopedia

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    ... exercise exposes the holder to a large tax bite (at ordinary income tax rates). ... It
    represents value proportional to probability of gaining more intrinsic value ...

  • Employee Stock Options: Introduction | Investopedia

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    ... exercise exposes the holder to a large tax bite (at ordinary income tax rates). ... It
    represents value proportional to probability of gaining more intrinsic value ...

  • DCF Analysis: Forecasting Free Cash Flows | Investopedia

    http://www.investopedia.com/university/dcf/dcf2.asp
    ... will project that the company will continue to pay that 30% tax rate over ... forecast,
    we will assume that changes in working capital are proportional to revenue ...

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