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regressive taxation

A tax burden that falls more heavily on those with low income. Contrast with progressive tax and proportional tax. Sales taxes are regressive taxes if imposed on all sales, because the straight percentage imposed on all sales takes away a higher percentage of a lowincome household's available income.Some states attempt to lessen the regressive effect of sales taxes by exempting purchases of food and medicine. In the following table, the low-income household spends almost 5 percent of its disposable income on sales taxes, because all income after paying for housing must go to buy things that are taxable.

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