graduated flat tax


The proposed compromise between a flat tax and a progressive tax. A graduated flat tax is characterized by having minimal tax brackets and low tax rates. An example of a graduated flat tax was the modified flat tax system that was part of the Tax Reform Act of 1986.

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The graduated flat tax was a proposed compromise for us and I thought that was a really good and innovative idea.


The graduated flat tax that the newly elected Senator from Texas advocated for would have minimal tax brackets and low tax rates.


A graduated flat tax looks good on paper, but it's a cruddy compromise: we should go for a full out flat tax, without any brackets at all.


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