Definition of Tax bracket

1. Noun. A category of taxpayers based on the amount of their income.

Exact synonyms: Income Bracket, Income Tax Bracket
Generic synonyms: Bracket

Definition of Tax bracket

1. Noun. A range over which a piecewise linear, generally progressive, tax is linear. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tax Bracket

tax-exempt
tax-free
tax-increase
tax-sheltered
tax accounting
tax advantage
tax avoidance
tax avoision
tax base
tax benefit
tax bill
tax bite
tax boost
tax bracket (current term)
tax brackets
tax break
tax clinic
tax collection
tax collector
tax collectors
tax credit
tax deduction
tax equity and fiscal responsibility act
tax evader
tax evasion
tax exemption
tax form
tax free

Literary usage of Tax bracket

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Maintaining Budgetary Discipline: Spending and Revenue Options edited by Sherry Snyder (1999)
"The tax benefit of itemized deductions, like all deductions, increases with a taxpayer's marginal tax bracket. For example, $10000 in itemized deductions ..."

2. The Flat Tax by Robert Ernest Hall, Alvin Rabushka (1995)
"President Reagan's top marginal rate of 28 percent is now President Clinton's top rate of 39.6 percent, a 41 percent increase in the top tax bracket. ..."

3. Living Without Health Insurance: Hearing Before the Committee on Finance, U edited by Charles E. Grassley (2001)
"7 The 28 percent tax bracket included single tax files with taxable income of ... The 39.6 percent tax bracket included any tax filer with income over ..."

4. Taxing Wages by Inc NetLibrary, SourceOECD (Online service) (2006)
"The central government income tax bracket is indexed with the consumer price index plus 2 per cent. In order to reduce the number of people paying the ..."

5. Fundamental Reform of Personal Income Tax by SourceOECD (Online service) (2006)
"A tax bracket refers to a range of taxable income to which a specific tax rate is applied. In principle governments can implement either a progressive, ..."

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