Would a Universal Basic Income (within a single country) cause inflation?

I don’t want to let you off that easy so how about this:

I get the monetary offset aspect, so I’ll frame the question in two different ways at the end.
Let’s say if a UBI like the following is put in place:
revenue neutral (or close to it.) Is funded by transfers from wealthier populations to less wealthy—though it could transfer to either: a) not true ‘universal’ and go only to those making less than $x/yr b) or true universal and simply all people get $x/yr. Both are funded by a tax on wealth of some formWouldn’t this increase […]

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