I believe that the future of Europe will not move in the direction of the flat-rate tax.

It is a good incentive, but on the other hand it will not motivate countries with a flat-rate tax.

Under Schweickart a flat-rate tax on capital assets replaces all other business taxes.

Because the flat-rate tax applies only to the first $51,300 of earnings, it hurts low-paid workers more than high-paid ones.

However, we need to take account of the fact that countries that have already implemented the flat-rate tax will not be willing to give it up.

The situation actually took a turn for the worse when the Alake increased "the flat-rate tax on women, an action supported by the British resident."

"I would enter legislation for a balanced budget, for a flat-rate tax, to repeal all bilingual laws," he said in an interview.

The plan, which involved charging a flat-rate tax per kilo, represented an attempt to reduce the amount of waste dumped in landfill sites.

Third, domestic rates were replaced by the community charge or 'poll tax', a flat-rate tax per head with some partial relief for the poorest households.

Other reforms included abolishing charges for services and drugs at state-owned hospitals and eliminating the flat-rate tax.

Mr. Brown, for example, said he would eliminate all Federal taxes except a flat-rate tax of 13 or 14 percent for everyone with minimal deductions.

He reduced some flat-rate taxes, as well as abolishing some tariffs, but did not implement the socialist measures he had previously proposed.

The income tax, which just in the last few days began to be withheld from residents' paychecks, is a 4.5 percent flat-rate tax on adjusted gross income.

(Only under a flat-rate tax system would a percentage gain on gross income translate into a comparable inflation-offsetting gain at the after-tax level.)

The flat-rate tax was drawn up with help from Steve Forbes, the editor-in-chief of Forbes magazine who sought the Republican nomination in 1996 and 2000 on a flat-rate platform.

One of the criticisms of Perry's plan is the flat-rate tax will run alongside the present system, giving taxpayers the choice of remaining with the present system or opting for the new.

Bruce Bartlett has stated that "public opinion polls have long shown that support for flat-rate tax reforms is extremely sensitive to the proposed rate, with support dropping off sharply at a rate higher than 23%."

Defends Individual Tax She also defended her so far unpopular plan to replace property taxes, which are imposed by local councils based on property values and ability to pay, with uniform flat-rate taxes for individuals and businesses.

Revolt Among Backbenchers Today, the Thatcher Government was struggling to contain a backbench revolt among an estimated 50 Conservative moderates who regard the flat-rate tax, called the community charge, as deeply regressive.

Under the Mayor's proposal, about half the initial cost would be borne through a flat-rate tax on the adjusted gross incomes of wage earners, to be withheld through payroll deductions and paid by both employees and their employers.

This last could be deduced from the datum that they had compounded to pay a flat-rate tax per year instead of income tax, though the sum appeared absurdly high considering there was no industry bar handicrafts (not available to wholesalers).

The third congress took place in Zurich on the 5th march 2011, where party members voted to launch a national referendum blocking the flat-rate tax incentive favoring foreign millionaires which financial lobbies had sought to enthrone as a Swiss constitutionial amendment.

Texas governor Rick Perry sought to revive his flagging presidential bid on Tuesday by unveiling a proposal to introduce a flat-rate tax of 20%, an idea inspired by the success of one of his rivals, Herman Cain.

Last week, when her normal 102-seat majority was reduced to 25 by a revolt within her party, Mrs. Thatcher was forced to put in $242 million extra in tax rebates for poor people hit by her new flat-rate tax for local services.

Given the wave of public anger about the 4.5 percent flat-rate tax on adjusted gross income, which began coming out of residents' paychecks in October, legislators on both sides of the issue say the pressure to act quickly on the tax issue is enormous.