Below you will find example sentences with "flat tax". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Flat Tax in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: flat
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 11
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 27.8 words

Words in this phrase

flat tax

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • flat can mean: Having no variations in height. Frequent word
  • tax can mean: Money or goods collected by a government (or an entity to whom the government has delegated this power, e.g. in tax farming) to fund itse... Common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 7 start, 8 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

6 percent flat tax on turnover 1× a flat tax could be 1× a relatively flat tax on property 1× a simple flat tax rate an 1× are labeled flat tax even though 1× be a flat tax 1× considering a flat tax system these 1× example the flat tax resources at 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a flat tax 1× a simpler more 1× countries considering a 1× flat tax critics 1× flat tax with 1× further reforms president 1×

Common sentence endings:

the flat tax 2× 1 january 2011 1× a flat tax 1× are significantly different 1× flat tax system 1× for vat respectively 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

system 9× income 6× progressive 5× countries 3× rate 3× deductions 3× percent 3× critics 2× loopholes 2× simple 2× simpler 2× proposals 2×

Related phrases

income tax tax credits property tax tax rate tax cuts sales tax tax relief tax credit tax revenue tax revenues

Phrases around this combination

Just before it in the phrase index:

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Other phrases with the same pattern

Same ending:

income tax property tax sales tax corporate tax estate tax gains tax

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "flat tax" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 27.8 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as 6 percent flat tax on turnover, a flat tax could be, system, income and progressive stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with income tax, tax credits and property tax, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with flat tax

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

Major categories Flat tax proposals differ in how the subject of the tax is defined. (15 words)

I would love a system where we pay a flat tax or no income tax, ideally. (16 words)

There are various tax systems that are labeled "flat tax" even though they are significantly different. (16 words)

Longer example sentences

Flat tax critics contend that a flat tax system could be created with many loopholes, or a progressive tax system without loopholes, and that a progressive tax system could be as simple, or simpler, than a flat tax system. (39 words)

Further reforms President Ricardo Martinelli had promised to implement a flat tax system with a flat tax of 10% and which promised to raise revenues, put inflation under control and which will allow enormous real wage gains. (37 words)

In 1942, he attempted to institute a progressive tax scheme, but this failed due to opposition from the nobility, and only a flat tax was passed; in 1951, he agreed to reduce this as well. (35 words)

Question examples

If your goal is to get away from progressive taxation, what about the other proposal out there, the flat tax? (20 words)

Example sentences (20)

Flat tax critics contend that a flat tax system could be created with many loopholes, or a progressive tax system without loopholes, and that a progressive tax system could be as simple, or simpler, than a flat tax system.

Countries considering a flat tax system These are countries where concrete flat tax proposals are currently being considered by influential politicians or political parties.

Further reforms President Ricardo Martinelli had promised to implement a flat tax system with a flat tax of 10% and which promised to raise revenues, put inflation under control and which will allow enormous real wage gains.

However, critics argue that the tax rates these countries have are actually more progressive than flat. citation * Hungary introduced a flat tax at 16% on 1 January 2011.

See for example the flat tax resources at idebate.org Administration and enforcement One type of flat tax would be imposed on all income once—at the source of the income.

A simpler, more streamlined tax code adopted in 2001 reduced the tax burden on people and dramatically increased state revenue. citation Russia has a flat tax rate of 13%.

With a flat tax, there are fewer incentives than in the current system to create tax shelters, and to engage in other forms of tax avoidance.

Flat tax with limited deductions Modified flat taxes have been proposed which would allow deductions for a very few items, while still eliminating the vast majority of existing deductions.

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The wealthy publisher ran on a platform of abolishing tax brackets and enacting a simple flat tax rate — an idea that later caught on with other Republican presidential hopefuls.

If that extra revenue cannot be collected by taxing just the wealthy at a higher rate, as allowed for by the Fair Tax Amendment, taxes will go up for everybody under the flat tax.

In this regard, the ITA requires small entities to pay a relatively high 6 percent flat tax on turnover to replace the 3 percent for income tax and 3 percent for VAT, respectively.

I would love a system where we pay a flat tax or no income tax, ideally.

It’s unclear how the tax would be implemented, although it would likely be a flat tax.

A flat tax could be targeted at income (rather than wages), which could place the tax burden equally on all earners, including those who earn income primarily from returns on investment.

In 1942, he attempted to institute a progressive tax scheme, but this failed due to opposition from the nobility, and only a flat tax was passed; in 1951, he agreed to reduce this as well.

In anonymously published tracts, Vauban proposed a system known as La dîme royale: this involved major simplification of the French tax code by switching to a relatively flat tax on property and trade.

Major categories Flat tax proposals differ in how the subject of the tax is defined.

There are various tax systems that are labeled "flat tax" even though they are significantly different.

If your goal is to get away from progressive taxation, what about the other proposal out there, the flat tax?

The Republican co-chairs of the Legislature’s budget committee said recently that while they support the idea of a flat tax, it’s unlikely to be included in budget lawmakers pass this year.

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