<p>If the government taxes people but does not spend the money, accumulating surplus, it will decrease aggregate demand. Aggregate demand depends on consumption, which depends on disposable income and taxes reduce disposable income. A decrease in aggregate demand will decrease the price level, reducing inflation or causing deflation, if nothing else happens (see <a href="https://www.economicshelp.org/blog/2269/economics/ways-to-reduce-inflation/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this</a> article by Pettinger).</p>

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Nice answer but it could be improved with references to sources
1muflon1
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Your first sentence talks about the money supply, but the rest is about the the impact of fiscal policy on the balance between aggregate supply and demand, which is a slightly different issue.  I prefer the second part in response to this question.
Henry
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@1muflon1 I added some source
csilvia
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@Henry I deleted the first sentence but at our university we were taught that fiscal contraction reduces M holdings of households. I know that fiscal and monetary policy are different
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csilvia
<p>Also, do the opposite that is lowering tax rate controls deflation?</p>

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How do increasing tax rate helps control inflation?
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# How do increasing tax rate helps control inflation?

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Also, do the opposite that is lowering tax rate controls deflation?

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### Answer by username_2 on 2021-02-24. Score: 1

If the government taxes people but does not spend the money, accumulating surplus, it will decrease aggregate demand. Aggregate demand depends on consumption, which depends on disposable income and taxes reduce disposable income. A decrease in aggregate demand will decrease the price level, reducing inflation or causing deflation, if nothing else happens (see [this](https://www.economicshelp.org/blog/2269/economics/ways-to-reduce-inflation/) article by Pettinger).

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Nice answer but it could be improved with references to sources  
> **username_3**: Your first sentence talks about the money supply, but the rest is about the the impact of fiscal policy on the balance between aggregate supply and demand, which is a slightly different issue.  I prefer the second part in response to this question.  
> **username_2**: @1muflon1 I added some source  
> **username_2**: @Henry I deleted the first sentence but at our university we were taught that fiscal contraction reduces M holdings of households. I know that fiscal and monetary policy are different  

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