Regressive tax
A Tax that takes a larger percentage of the income of low-income people than of high-income people.
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10-K,
52-week high,
52-week low,
Accrual of discount,
After-tax basis,
Amortization of premium,
At par,
At best,
At call,
Accumulated earnings tax,
At risk,
Abstract of title,
Attorney in fact,
Annual Percentage Rate,
Assignment of mortgage,
A shares,
Average price per share,
At the money,
After-tax contributions,
Age-weighted plan,
Average contribution percentage,
Across the board,
Additional paid-in capital,
Abusive tax shelter,
After-tax,
Alternative Minimum Tax,
Against the box,
At the bell,
At the close,
At the figure,
At the full,
At the market,
At the opening order,
Away from the market,
Below the line,
Books of final entry,
Books of original entry,
Book value per share,
Banking Act of 1933,
Bureau of Public Debt,
Brought over the wall,
Buy the book,
Basic earnings per share,
Balance of payments,
Board of Governors,
Breaking the syndicate,
Bill of exchange,
Bill of sale,
Breach of trust,
By the book,
B shares,
Before-tax income,
Break-even tax rate,
Breadth-of-market theory,
Beat the gun,
Cost Of Goods Sold,
Cost of sales,
Current income,
Certificate of Participation,
Code of procedure,
Capitalization of income,
Cost of Living Adjustment,
Cost-of-living index,
Council of Economic Advisers,
Chasing the market,
Chicago Board of Trade,
Cost-of-living rider,
Certificate of stock,
Cost of carry,
Certificate of title,
Cancellation of debt,
Certificate of Claim,
Cost of debt capital,
Cost of funds,
C shares,
Class of options,
Close to the money,
Certificate of Occupancy,
Class A Shares,
Class B Shares,
Crash of 1929,
Crash of 1987,
Capital gains tax,
Consolidated tax return,
Coefficient of determination,
Certificate of delivery,
Close a position,
Cornering the market,
Curbs in,
Deferred tax,
Deposit in transit,
Date of issue,
Date of payment,
Division of Enforcement,
Division of Investment Management,
Division of Market Regulation,
Date of record,
Dividend in arrears,
Desk (the),
Division of labor,
Durable Power of Attorney,
Date of maturity,
Debtor in possession,
Debtor-in-possession financing,
Deed of Release,
Deed of Trust,
Discharge of bankruptcy,
Discharge of lien,
Deep in the money,
Deep out of the money,
Deed of Surrender,
Department of Housing and Urban Development,
Dogs of the Dow,
Disposable income,
Daily high,
Daily low,
Depth of market,
Eurodollar certificate of deposit,
E-mini,
Exchange of spot,
Effective tax rate,
Estate tax,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
Earned income tax credit,
Estimated tax,
Excess profits tax,
Excise tax,
First In First Out,
Fixed income,
Fixed income equivalent,
Fixed-income arbitrage,
Flow of funds,
Front-ending an order,
Forward P/E,
Fully diluted earnings per share,
Factors of production,
Favorable balance of trade,
Form 8-K,
Form S-1,
Family of funds,
Fund of funds,
Free right of exchange,
Federal Tax Identification Number,
Federal tax lien,
Flat tax,
Franchise tax,
Gross income,
G-7,
G-8,
Growth and income fund,
Gather in the stops,
Gift tax,
High-grade bond,
High yield,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act of 1976,
Hit the bid,
House of issue,
High,
High-flyer,
High-tech stock,
Holder in due course,
High credit,
High-ratio mortgage,
Home equity line of credit,
Hidden tax,
High-low index,
Hammering the market,
Held at the opening,
Holding the market,
Income statement,
Income bond,
In escrow,
In-house,
Investment Advisor Act of 1940,
Investment Company Act of 1940,
Income coverage,
Income stock,
In line,
Income distribution,
Insider Trading sanctions Act of 1984,
Internal Rate of Return,
Indication of interest,
Inc.,
In intestacy,
In play,
In-process research and development,
Income fund,
Income risk,
I/O strip,
Income property,
Inheritance tax,
Income replacement ratio,
In-service withdrawal,
Income exclusion rule,
Individual tax return,
Imbalance of orders,
In and out,
In sympathy,
In the tank,
Jumping the gun,
Joint tax return,
Last In First Out,
Lender of last resort,
Law of one price,
Lending at a rate,
Law of demand,
Law of supply,
Letter of comment,
Legal age,
Line of credit,
Lock-in,
Large cap,
Leading the market,
Locked in,
Luxury tax,
Level I quotes,
Low,
Make a market,
Medium of exchange,
Money at call,
Net income,
Net income multiplier,
Net Operating Income,
Negotiable certificate of deposit,
Negotiable Order of Withdrawal,
Notice of Sale,
National Association of Securities Dealers,
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations system,
Notice of Default,
Non-resident alien tax,
National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts,
Normal retirement age,
New high,
Off the books,
Office of Thrift Supervision,
Out-of-favor,
Over-the-Counter,
Other income,
Opinion of title,
On-the-spot loan,
Option income fund,
Out of the money,
Old age, survivors, and disability insurance,
Ordinary income,
On the opening,
Pooling of interests,
Pre-tax profit margin,
Payment-in-kind security,
Phantom income,
Price Value of a Basis Point,
P&L,
Primary earnings per share,
Provision for income taxes,
Per stirpes,
Power of Attorney,
Prioritization of debt,
People pill,
Premium income,
Passive income,
Property tax,
Paid-in capital,
Paid-in surplus,
Percent held by institutions,
Private Investment in Public Equity,
Preservation of capital,
Progressive tax,
Proportional tax,
Painting the tape,
Return of capital,
Reading the tape,
Regulation G,
Regulation T,
Round of funding,
Rules of Fair Practice,
Rate of exchange,
Reciprocal of European terms,
Regulation A,
Reverse Take-Over,
Right of first refusal,
Right of rescission,
Revolving line of credit,
Right of recourse,
Rule of 78,
Right of redemption,
Retirement Equity Act of 1984,
Regressive tax,
Rate of return,
Real rate of return,
SG&A,
Sight letter of credit,
S&L,
Segregation of securities,
Sell the book,
Standard of living,
Statute of Limitations,
Satisfaction of debt,
Staggered board of directors,
Selling the spread,
Social Security Tax,
Selling short against the box,
Shorting against the box,
Sales tax,
S Corporation,
Self-employment tax,
Separate tax returns,
Sin tax,
Subchapter M,
Subchapter S Corporation,
Schedule C,
Securities Act of 1933,
Securities Acts Amendments of 1975,
Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Seek a market,
S&P phenomenon,
Tax anticipation note,
Tax-exempt bond,
Tax renevue anticipation note,
T-Bill,
Take a position,
Trailing P/E,
Take delivery,
Tax haven,
Tax,
Tax schedule,
Tenancy by the entirety,
Truth in Lending,
Tax-free bond fund,
Tax-managed fund,
Tax lien,
Tax roll,
Tenancy at will,
Transfer tax,
Tax deferral,
Tax-deferred,
Top hat plan,
The Street,
Timing the market,
Taxable income,
Tax-advantaged,
Tax audit,
Tax base,
Tax basis,
Tax bracket,
Tax-deductible,
Tax deduction,
Tax-efficient,
Tax evasion,
Tax-exempt,
Tax identification number,
Tax loss carryback,
Tax loss carryforward,
Tax lot,
Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997,
Tax planning,
Tax preference item,
Tax Reform Act of 1986,
Tax Reform Act of 1993,
Tax return,
Tax sale,
Tax shelter,
Tax shield,
Tax swap,
Tax tables,
Take a bath,
Take profits,
U.S. Government Agency Security,
U.S. Savings Bond,
U.S. Treasury,
U.S. Treasury Bill,
U.S. Treasury Bond,
U.S. Treasury Note,
U.S. Treasury Securities,
Unlimited tax bond,
Unified Tax Credit,
Unit of trade,
Unit of trading,
Value Added Tax,
Waiver of premium,
W-2 Form,
W formation,
X or XD
