progressivity

pro·gres·siv·i·ty

 (prō′grĕ-sĭv′ĭ-tē, prŏg′rĕ-)
n. pl. pro·gres·siv·i·ties
The quality or degree of being progressive: "Proponents of progressivity often argue that higher-income people should pay higher taxes because they benefit more from government" (National Review).
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progressivity

(ˌprəʊɡrɛˈsɪvɪtɪ)
n
another word for progressiveness
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Noun1.progressivity - advancement toward better conditions or policies or methods
changeability, changeableness - the quality of being changeable; having a marked tendency to change; "the changeableness of the weather"
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We then decompose the vertical effect of PIT into the effect of the average tax rates and progressivity (measured as the Kakwani index).
This would moves the state closer to a tax system that has great support among economists for its advantages in encouraging economic growth, progressivity, and reducing environmental damage from urban sprawl.
The meeting, which was organized in cooperation with the USAID-funded Fiscal Reform Project, focused on comprehensive tax reform as well as the pillars of international best practices in tax policies, which are based on justice, neutrality, free competition, simplicity and progressivity.
He recalled the 1986 reform effort's unswerving focus on progressivity, which probably did little to impress current committee Republicans, most of whom would rather burn in hell than vote for the capital gains tax increase that played a key role in Packwood's reform effort.
Scott Clark advances the now conventional argument among tax economists for a shift away from income to consumption taxes, but also advocates tax simplification (to deal with tax expenditures) and greater progressivity.
The cross-party Silk Commission had called for the devolution of income tax rates without a lockstep but Shadow Welsh Secretary Owen Smith supported the measure, saying: "We agree with the Government that the principle of progressivity ought to be retained, which is why we agree, broadly speaking, with the notion of the lockstep, tying together those bands.
This paper seeks to contribute to the research on income inequality in Ireland and the progressivity of the Irish income tax system by presenting new evidence on the extent of income inequality over the past decade and the degree of income tax inequality or the extent to which the total income tax burden is accounted for by higher earners.
Democrats would insist on greater progressivity as well as more revenue.
At the same time, the authorities intend to raise revenues through tax reforms, including by increasing the progressivity of income taxation and by broadening the general sales tax (GST) to become a full-fledged value added tax (VAT).
We list these here in order of decreasing progressivity. In the first scenario, we assume that, on the margin, the debt is serviced with the individual income tax, and so the progressivity of the financing burden matches that of the individual income tax code.
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