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Flat tax

A flat tax (short for flat-rate tax) is a tax with a single rate on the taxable amount, after accounting for any deductions or exemptions from the tax base. It is not necessarily a fully proportional tax. Implementations are often progressive due to exemptions, or regressive in case of a maximum taxable amount. There are various tax systems that are…

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Flat tax

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related to External links · 18
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Flat tax → Alvin Rabushka, Anthony, Effectively, Evans, Flat Tax Revolution, Free, Hall, Hoover Institution Press, Ideas, Interests, ISBN, Open Republic, Regnery Publishing, Richard Parncutt, Steve Forbes, The Flat Tax, Washington
related to Negative income tax · 15
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related to Border adjustable · 11
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related to Around the world · 9
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related to Defining when income occurs · 9
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related to Hall–Rabushka flat tax · 8
Flat tax → Alvin Rabushka, Designed, Eastern Europe, Hall, Hoover Institution, Principally, Rabushka, Robert Hall
related to Overall structure · 8
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related to Minimizing deductions · 7
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related to Administration and enforcement · 6
Flat tax → As, Hall, Internal Revenue Code, One, Rabushka, This

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home insulation or low income housing with tax credits rather than constituting a ministry to implement these policiesinstance ofit is common for governments to encourage social policy0.80text
thisinstance ofif one assumes that government should be active in policy decisions0.80text
then claims that flat taxes are cheaper/simpler to administer than others are incomplete until they factor in costs for alternative policy administration.Minimizing deductionsIn generalinstance ofif one assumes that government should be active in policy decisions0.80text
the question of how to eliminate deductions is fundamental to the flat tax designinstance ofif one assumes that government should be active in policy decisions0.80text
then claims that flat taxes are cheaper/simpler to administer than others are incomplete until they factor in costs for alternative policy administrationinstance ofif one assumes that government should be active in policy decisions0.80text
a sales tax or value added tax can remove the tax component when goods are exportedinstance ofTaxation systems0.80text
apply the tax component on importsinstance ofTaxation systems0.80text
Flat taxrelated to Administration and enforcementOne0.60section
Flat taxrelated to Administration and enforcementHall0.60section
Flat taxrelated to Administration and enforcementRabushka0.60section
Flat taxrelated to Administration and enforcementInternal Revenue Code0.60section
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