Regressive

1. Tax.

A regressive tax is one that falls more heavily - as a proportion of total income - on people with lower incomes.

Value Added Tax and other sales taxes are often considered to be regressive taxes.

2.

Associated with a return to a former and less advanced - or less developed - state.

See also

• Development
• Income
• Inequality
• Progressive
• Regression analysis
• Sales tax
• Tax