Bracket creep making society worse off

Faster growth in registered taxpayers
Bracket creep occurs when income earners are forced into higher tax brackets as a result of inflation adjusted salary increases and tax brackets remain fixed.
Phillepus Uusiku
Analysts at Simonis Storm have observed a faster growth in the number of registered taxpayers compared to the total number of employed Namibians.According to an Afrobarometer surve ...

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Nam 2.22 UP 0.90% | Oryx Properties Ltd 12.48 SAME | Paratus Namibia Holdings 12 SAME | SBN Holdings 8.45 SAME | Trustco Group Holdings Ltd 0.49 SAME | B2Gold Corporation 60.48 DOWN 1.40% | Local Index closed 675.17 DOWN 0.01% | Overall Index closed 1634.89 UP 0.92% | Osino Resources Corp 16.3 DOWN 4.50% | Commodities: Gold US$ 2 026.51/OZ DOWN -0.03% | Copper US$ 3.71/lb UP +0.51% | Zinc US$ 2 438.80/T UP 0.36% | Brent Crude Oil US$ 74.80/BBP UP +0.51% | Platinum US$ 887.34/OZ DOWN -0.42%