flat tax

noun

Examples of flat tax in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In the summer, Italy doubled the flat tax paid by wealthy individuals on their income earned overseas. Byprarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 30 Oct. 2024 Changes corporate tax rate to a flat tax and ends the film production tax credit. Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 9 Oct. 2024 Policies: On his campaign website, Bradley says his top priorities are defending law enforcement, expanding school choice and charter schools, tax relief and phasing in a flat tax, reducing a backlog of professional licenses, and keeping voter ID intact. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Journal Sentinel, 1 Oct. 2024 To set themselves apart, these countries experimented with avant-garde neoliberal reforms not widely adopted elsewhere, such as pension privatization, the flat tax, and severe cuts in corporate tax rates. Hilary Appel, Foreign Affairs, 1 June 2015 See all Example Sentences for flat tax 

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Word History

First Known Use

1952, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of flat tax was in 1952

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“Flat tax.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flat%20tax. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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