bracket creep

Noun

 * 1)  The move towards increased taxation when an inflation adjustment to a wage or salary pushes a taxpayer into a higher tax bracket (or, in a progressive taxation regime, further into a bracket).
 * 2) * 2001, Frederick C. v N. Fourie, How to Think and Reason in Macroeconomics, 2nd edition, |%22bracket+creeps%22+-intitle:%22bracket+-creep%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=21UET_zDAYyhmQX2q-S3Ag&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22bracket%20creep%22|%22bracket%20creeps%22%20-intitle%3A%22bracket%20-creep%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 290,
 * Bracket creep can be avoided by regularly adjusting tax brackets for inflation, so that the tax brackets remain unchanged in real terms.
 * 1) * 2001, Frederick C. v N. Fourie, How to Think and Reason in Macroeconomics, 2nd edition, |%22bracket+creeps%22+-intitle:%22bracket+-creep%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=21UET_zDAYyhmQX2q-S3Ag&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22bracket%20creep%22|%22bracket%20creeps%22%20-intitle%3A%22bracket%20-creep%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 290,
 * Bracket creep can be avoided by regularly adjusting tax brackets for inflation, so that the tax brackets remain unchanged in real terms.

Usage notes
Since only rises that adjust for inflation are considered, not those from increased skills or changed job description, this means that a worker doing the same work for the same notional purchasing power is taxed at a higher rate.

Translations

 * German: kalte Progression