What does a tax hike mean?

When tax hikes and tax increases are presented are they a % increase on the taxes themselves or the income?

I feel like i'm being unclear so an example:
There is a tax increase of 1%. A house with an income of $100,000 usually pays $30,000 in taxes but now pays:
$30,300 (original+1% of tax)
or
$31,000 (original+1% of income)

CarVolunteer2012-06-14T15:19:42Z

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Depending on who is saying it and what point they are trying to make, either one. People (and the media) are notoriously careless with numbers, particularly percentages.

Fddf Dfgdfg2012-06-14T22:03:27Z

increase of the original taxes not the income