| Progressive taxation is defined as a form of tax that | | | | various social, economic and political activities. |
| charges a bigger percentage rate on the income of | | | | Many people argue that the tax system lacks a |
| high income group than it does on the income of low | | | | coherent organizing principle because successive |
| income group. As the income of the individual | | | | governments very often have brought about frequent |
| increases, the tax rate he pays also increases | | | | legislative amendments to tax laws to please their |
| proportionately. So this is a sort of graduated tax. The | | | | supporters and certain sections of the society. There |
| rationale behind such a taxation principle is that those | | | | are many people who oppose progressive taxation |
| who earn more can save more and therefore, should | | | | system. They believe that such a tax system should |
| pay more to the government. | | | | not be applied to all and they have a legal and moral |
| In the US, according to the treasury department 0.1 | | | | right not to pay taxes. They consider it as illegal and |
| percent of the top income group pays 17.4 percent of | | | | oppressive on the part of the federal government. |
| all the federal tax and 50 percent of the low income | | | | They argue that only the wealthy should be taxed |
| group pays only 3.03 percent of all the individual tax. | | | | heavily and those who are engaged in a wide range |
| This shows that the US tax system is based on the | | | | of tax evasion strategies. On many occasions people |
| principle of progressiveness. The main purpose of | | | | have approached the court of law to get the tax laws |
| taxing in this way is to garner revenue for the federal | | | | modified making progressive taxation a matter of hot |
| government so that the monies can be utilized for | | | | legal discussion and debate. |