regressive tax

Croatian translation: regresivni porez

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English term or phrase:regressive tax
Croatian translation:regresivni porez

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13:39 Aug 10, 2009
English to Croatian translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Law: Taxation & Customs
Additional field(s): Finance (general), Government / Politics
English term or phrase: regressive tax
Definition from ThisNation.com:
Tax collected at increasingly lower rates or percentages as income level increases.

Example sentence(s):
  • In order to prevent regressive tax on items purchased, many states make certain types of things non-taxable, especially food. wiseGEEK
  • A regressive tax system does not mean and likely would not result in low income earners paying more taxes than the wealthy, only that the effective tax rate relative to income or consumption would be a larger tax burden to low income earners. Wikipedia
  • This update explains that ballot initiatives to enact regressive tax policies died in Michigan and Montana, but survived to secure spots on the ballot in Arizona, Florida, Massachusetts and Oregon. The Tax Justice Digest
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regresivni porez
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Regresivni porez - porez kojemu prosječna porezna stopa pada s porastom dohotka pojedinca
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Definition from Institut za j.financije - porezni vodi�:
Regresivni porez - porez kojemu prosječna porezna stopa pada s porastom dohotka pojedinca

Example sentence(s):
  • suvremeni porezni sustavi se pretežno temelje na načelima koristi i platežne sposobnosti • porezi se mogu podijeliti na: 1. progresivne 2. regresivne 3. proporcionalne • progresivnim porezima se od onih koji imaju visoke dohotke uzima relativno veći dio dohotka od onih s niskim dohodcima • regresivni porezi od ljudi s visokim dohodcima uzimaju relativno manje nego od ljudi s niskim dohotkom • kod proporcionalnih poreza relativni dio dohotka koji se oporezuje je jednak i kod bogatih i kod siromašnih - Zadarsko sveučilište (University of Za  
  • PDV djeluje kao regresivni porez. Njegovo povećanje, uz istovremeno smanjivanje najviše stope na dohodak ide na teret socijalno ugroženog stanovništva. - Poslovni dnevnik (Business Daily)  
Maja Čaprić
Croatia
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Native speaker of: Croatian
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