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<p>A <b>progressive tax</b> is a <a href="page.php?w=tax">tax</a> in which the <a href="page.php?w=tax_rate">tax rate</a> increases as the taxable amount increases. The term progressive refers to the way the tax rate progresses from low to high, with the result that a taxpayer's <a href="page.php?w=average_tax_rate">average tax rate</a> is less than the person's <a href="page.php?w=marginal_tax_rate">marginal tax rate</a>. The term can be applied to individual taxes or to a tax system as a whole. Progressive taxes are imposed in an attempt to reduce</p><p>
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