"flat tax" meaning in English

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        {
          "ref": "1995 April 18, David E. Rosenbaum, “Washington Memo: Debate on Flat Tax Revives Simplicity vs. Fairness Issue”, in New York Times, retrieved 2015-11-27",
          "text": "Several candidates for the 1996 Republican Presidential nomination and some of the top Republican leaders in Congress are advocating replacing the graduated income tax with a flat tax.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2001 November 18, David Ammons, “Eyman takes aim at some more taxes”, in Seattle Post-Intelligencer, retrieved 2015-11-27",
          "text": "Eyman's measure also would repeal the state tax on boats, 1 percent of the vessel's value, and replace it with a flat tax of $10.50 a year.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2005 August 19, George Trefgarne, “The flat tax secrets that worried Brown did not want us to see”, in Telegraph, UK, retrieved 2015-11-27",
          "text": "A flat tax means scrapping all income tax bands and the various exemptions and loopholes and replacing them with a single low rate.",
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        "A tax, usually income tax, whose percentage rate or currency value remains constant, regardless of the amount to which the tax is applied."
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        [
          "income tax",
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        ],
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          "percentage",
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        [
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        "(government, taxation) A tax, usually income tax, whose percentage rate or currency value remains constant, regardless of the amount to which the tax is applied."
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "flat rate tax"
        }
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      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "tax",
          "word": "vlaktaks"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "tax",
          "word": "tasavero"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ṗroṗorciuli gadasaxadi",
          "sense": "tax",
          "word": "პროპორციული გადასახადი"
        }
      ]
    }
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  "word": "flat tax"
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      "word": "graduated tax"
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    {
      "word": "progressive tax"
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          "ref": "1995 April 18, David E. Rosenbaum, “Washington Memo: Debate on Flat Tax Revives Simplicity vs. Fairness Issue”, in New York Times, retrieved 2015-11-27",
          "text": "Several candidates for the 1996 Republican Presidential nomination and some of the top Republican leaders in Congress are advocating replacing the graduated income tax with a flat tax.",
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        {
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2005 August 19, George Trefgarne, “The flat tax secrets that worried Brown did not want us to see”, in Telegraph, UK, retrieved 2015-11-27",
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        "A tax, usually income tax, whose percentage rate or currency value remains constant, regardless of the amount to which the tax is applied."
      ],
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        "(government, taxation) A tax, usually income tax, whose percentage rate or currency value remains constant, regardless of the amount to which the tax is applied."
      ],
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "tax",
      "word": "vlaktaks"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "tax",
      "word": "tasavero"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ṗroṗorciuli gadasaxadi",
      "sense": "tax",
      "word": "პროპორციული გადასახადი"
    }
  ],
  "word": "flat tax"
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