Comparing regressive progressive and proportional taxes 2026

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  3. In Activity 1, complete the line graphs by plotting the curves for regressive, progressive, and proportional taxes. Use the provided income data for Families A, B, and C to accurately represent how each tax system affects different income groups.
  4. For Activity 2, answer the questions regarding state gasoline tax and excise taxes. Reflect on whether these taxes are regressive, progressive, or proportional based on your understanding of their impact on various income levels.
  5. In Activity 3, read through the passage about FICA tax and respond to the questions that follow. Analyze how this tax applies across different income ranges and provide thoughtful explanations for each question.

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A progressive tax system might, for example, tax low-income taxpayers at 10 percent, middle-income taxpayers at 15 percent and high-income taxpayers at 30 percent. The U.S. federal income tax is based on the progressive tax system.
Though true regressive taxes are not used as income taxes, they are used as taxes on tobacco, alcohol, gasoline, jewelry, perfume, and travel. User fees often are considered regressive because they take a larger percentage of income from low-income groups than from high-income groups.
Regressive taxes are put in place at a fixed rate, regardless of ones income or ability to pay them. Progressive taxes are adjusted towards ones ability to pay them while regressive taxes are set at certain rates without the consideration of an individuals income and ability.
progressive taxA tax that takes a larger percentage of income from high-income groups than from low-income groups. proportional taxA tax that takes the same percentage of income from all income groups. regressive taxA tax that takes a larger percentage of income from low-income groups than from high-income groups.
On the one hand, a regressive tax system can generate revenue and finance public goods and services. On the other hand, a regressive tax system can exacerbate income inequality, reduce economic mobility, and slow economic growth.

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