累るい進しん課か税ぜい

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Meanings

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noun

progressive taxation; graduated taxation

A tax system where the tax rate increases as the taxable amount increases. Used in economic and policy contexts.

累るい進しん課か税ぜいは所得しょとくの再分配さいぶんぱいを目もく的てきとしている。
Progressive taxation aims to redistribute income.

accumulate, involvement, trouble

進advance, proceed, progress

課chapter, lesson, section

税tax, duty

Similar words

比ひ例れい課か税ぜい
Proportional taxation, where the tax rate is fixed regardless of income, unlike 累進課税 where the rate rises with income.
逆ぎゃく進しん課か税ぜい
Regressive taxation, where the effective tax rate decreases as income increases, the opposite of 累進課税.

Etymology

Compound of 累進 (progressive, from 累 'accumulate' and 進 'advance') and 課税 (taxation). The term is a direct translation of the Western economic concept.