When taxable income falls within a particular tax bracket, the individual pays the listed percentage of tax "on each dollar that falls within that monetary range".
Income tax bracket creep had been used to fund the package but bracket creep had not been used in the analysis of the after tax income various taxpayers would receive.
However, partially offsetting this advantage are the compressed income tax brackets for trusts that cause the investment earnings to reach the maximum income tax bracket when income exceeds $9,000$10,000 annually.