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单词 bracket creep
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Definition of bracket creep in English:

bracket creep

noun
mass nounAustralian, NZ
  • Increased tax liability that results from a rise in income or incomes.

    inflation may just lower our real wages, rather than contributing to bracket creep
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He has all but ruled out Labor tackling the bracket creep problem by indexing the tax thresholds.
    • If "bracket creep" has made things bad at the higher end, its impact on the basic rate of tax has been devastating.
    • To fix real bracket creep permanently, tax brackets should be adjusted for real income gains, or tax rates should be cut slightly each year.
    • The average New Zealand worker has had the second-biggest increase in income tax in the OECD, largely because of the bracket creep issue.
    • These figures ignored the amount collected through bracket creep in the first years of the Howard Government.
    • I looked at bracket creep which is effectively the force of higher wages pushing people into higher tax payment areas, into higher brackets of tax payment.
    • The measure was introduced to reduce the frequency of bracket creep.
    • Bracket creep has seen 12% of New Zealanders now paying tax in the top bracket.
    • How much bracket creep is the Government gathering this year?
    • All they've got is the extra $9,000 they've been paying through in federal taxes as a result of bracket creep and tax hikes in the past.
 
 

Definition of bracket creep in US English:

bracket creep

noun
Australian, NZ
  • Movement into a higher tax bracket as taxable income increases.

    inflation may just lower our real wages, rather than contributing to bracket creep
    Example sentencesExamples
    • If "bracket creep" has made things bad at the higher end, its impact on the basic rate of tax has been devastating.
    • How much bracket creep is the Government gathering this year?
    • The average New Zealand worker has had the second-biggest increase in income tax in the OECD, largely because of the bracket creep issue.
    • He has all but ruled out Labor tackling the bracket creep problem by indexing the tax thresholds.
    • All they've got is the extra $9,000 they've been paying through in federal taxes as a result of bracket creep and tax hikes in the past.
    • To fix real bracket creep permanently, tax brackets should be adjusted for real income gains, or tax rates should be cut slightly each year.
    • Bracket creep has seen 12% of New Zealanders now paying tax in the top bracket.
    • I looked at bracket creep which is effectively the force of higher wages pushing people into higher tax payment areas, into higher brackets of tax payment.
    • These figures ignored the amount collected through bracket creep in the first years of the Howard Government.
    • The measure was introduced to reduce the frequency of bracket creep.
 
 
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