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A negative income tax is a plan for guaranteeing an income to the poor through some form of a reverse income tax.  As a family's income increases, the government's payments to the family would decrease.  When the family's income reaches a threshold, such as the poverty level, then the government assistance would decline to zero.

A '''negative income tax''' is a plan for guaranteeing an income to the poor through some form of a reverse income tax.  As a family's income increases, the government's payments to the family would decrease.  When the family's income reaches a threshold, such as the poverty level, then the government assistance would decline to zero.