Alejandro Bedoya
Professor Mundy
English
8 April 2016
The Different Worlds of Tax
The United States of America is a country well know as “the land of opportunity.” In many aspects this is very true, almost anything can be sought out and accomplished. Of course, the phrase “nothing is ever truly free” goes hand in hand with that. Taxes are the evidence that back up that statement, no matter what you do or buy or sell here the government will always be getting its piece to. We all get taxed for making purchases, for owning a home, for having a business, and even for working to make money. As you can imagine no one ever wants to pay taxes but the taxes collected are used to continue many different programs in our country. Many people don’t
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For example, for the tax year 2013, there were 7 marginal income tax brackets for each filing status: 10%, 15%, 25 %, 28 %, 33 %, 35 %, and 39.6%. The amount of taxable income that you earn determines which tax bracket(s) you fall into” (“Understanding How Income Taxes work”). The rest comes from corporate tax, payroll tax, and from “other tax” and “excise tax” (“Understanding How Income Taxes work”). It is clear that the tax system fairly considers the amount of income a person makes and determines how much of it show be taxable.
The money collected from tax revenue goes to funding necessary programs in our country. All the taxes collected are put into three different sections. Mandatory spending is first section, it uses the most amount of our taxes and can use up to 55% percent of our taxes annually. Mandatory spending is made up of a few different programs that assist many Americans like social security, Medicare and Medicaid, and security programs like food stamps and retirement programs (“The Numbers: How does the federal government spend its money?”). The next section is Discretionary spending and it is a portion of the budget that is decided by Congress through the annual appropriations process each year. (“Federal Spending: Where does the money go?”). Under this section, our taxes are used to fund the
The top 1 percent of the wealthiest people in the U.S. pay a total of over 40 percent of all federal income taxes, which is more than the entire bottom 95 percent of all tax payers. Government programs are funded through Social Insurance Taxes that are the fastest growing source of federal income though it’s actually counted separately in special trust funds by the Treasury. Both federal and state governments combine these taxes that are used to pay for social programs such as social security, Medicare, and unemployment services. This type of taxation is a regressive tax, since lower income people end up paying more from their income than those with a higher income. Another federal tax is the excise tax, better considered a luxury tax for non-necessities, which include things like liquor, cigarettes, gas, and highways. Taxes that are imposed on imported goods so that there’s less foreign competition on the domestic market are called customs duties.
The United States borrows money from individuals that have bought Treasury Bills, Notes, Bonds, and United States Savings Bonds. The U.S. government also borrows money by issuing Treasury securities. These securities finance expenditures that exceed its receipts, and are legal under the authority of the Second Liberty Bond Act. The government's primary source of income is through taxes paid by its citizens. Supposedly, money is spent on programs that government officials consider necessary to ensure the best quality of life for all (or at least the majority) of the nation's citizens. The combination of these amounts is what makes up the national
All federal spending is divided into three groups by the U.S of treasury: mandatory spending, discretionary spending and interest on debt. Mandatory and discretionary spending take up more than ninety percent of all the federal spending, and these pay for all the programs the people depend on. “Discretionary spending refers to the portion of the budget that is decided by Congress through the annual appropriations process each year. These spending levels are set each year by Congress.” Congress spent $1.1 trillion in discretionary spending. The biggest part of discretionary spending is spent on the Pentagon and related military programs. Mandatory spending contains the “loved” Social Security and Medicare programs. It makes up almost for two thirds of all the federal spending. $2.45 trillion was spent in this category. Interest of debt,
The revenue goes firstly to social security, providing food and housing to the poor. In 2016, 24% of the federal government’s budget, or $916 billion, paid for social security. The remaining went to medical and health care, building, repairing, and maintaining infrastructures, and the army.
Today, much of the Federal monies are divided up into different categories of priority. The information collected by members of the National Priorities Association state that (2015) “The US Treasury divides all federal spending into three groups: mandatory spending, discretionary spending, and interest on debt” (para. 4). Much of the funds are distributed to three main areas. The biggest three money users are the military, medical, and social security. Congress decides where the discretionary monies are spent. The members of Congress do not decide where funds from discretionary spending are allocated. Congress reviews the eligibility rules and may change them
Much like a person or a corporation, the United States government uses money for its operations; meaning that it has both income and expenses. The income of the United States is derived from various taxes and fees and the expenses are what the U.S. government pays out for national defense, highways, social welfare programs, and various other programs.
It is also used of resources such as building schools, roads, paying government employees but the fact of the matter is that its all for the public. Why should you make high-income citizens pay for things that everyone is using. We should all put in the same amount of money that goes into these projects, since after all there for everyones use. Why would you penalize people that worked hard for their money when everyone else had the opportunity to do so. Even if its old money, someone struggled to gather that money, the government cannot just take that away. Being rich is rare privilege, not fairly common, if not it would not feel so unique. With the method we have now we are just going to balance everyones finances out, we need a diverse income for our population. If not people will not have any ambition, not strive. A country has to create riches, not distribute them if they do the economy as we know it will go in a decadence. Those that are in the highest class have studied and trained so hard to where they are. Most of them have corporations in which provide work, if a flat tax was issued those same corporations would have more resources to expand their business to create more job. With the rate our tax plans are going corporations are going no other option then lay people
Taxes play a huge party in the United States of America. Taxes are peoples and entities contribution to society to pay for all the things society provides us with. Money moves from consumers to business when people buy goods and services. When the economy is increasing and growing consumers earn more and make more purchases. Through all the purchases the government collects sales tax. The government collects money from the market purchases but provides goods and services. “The tax budget is divided into both mandatory and discretionary spending, depending on how it is allocated each year”(Reference/Government). The first time the government initiated tax was for the civil war in the 1860’s but then it was repealed in 1872. In 1913 Congress
The federal government major source of revenue is from the taxation of personal income. The taxation of personal income is determined by the amount of funding that is spent on programs. Additional increases in taxes include sales tax, fuel tax, and property taxes. The overall amount is determined by the federal government spending within the budget year.
Understanding the purpose and framework of taxes, assist with the understanding of the Tariff and quotas. Tariff is a tax placed on import goods by the government. Nevertheless, when one thinks about additional dollars added to the retail price of a good or service, it may be discouraging. Especially, since there is an abundance of services and goods desired by consumers- with so many wants, our resources are scarce. Meanwhile, there is a constant debate concerning the effects of tariff that are placed on imports and exports. Economist and scholars believe high taxes on imports and exports can hurt the economy. Indeed, there are advantages and disadvantages concerning the Tariff .
The tax system of the United States is as complicated as it gets. It is a system that has enough loopholes in which it benefits the wealthy over the less fortunate. The wealthiest people are especially aware of these loopholes so they take advantage of it and determine ways of cheating the system, instead of trying to make it fair for all different types of classes. With these tools to cheat the system, the middle-class and lower-class are more harshly penalized and hounded for their taxes than the wealthy - who get away with a lot more. All of this information and more is discussed in David Cay Johnston’s book Perfectly Legal. Johnston discusses how cheated the tax system really is and how just the lack of political backup can really cause
Taxes are necessary to fund the american government. Taxes help our government fund many different things. Such as paying for the upkeep on many different structures, paying for the protection of our great country, and they paying for a huge variety of programs. Taxes are one way out of many that help keep our country running and well financed.
The Federal budget process is like our budget but federal, the federal budget can be compared to a personal budget. A personal budget allows and individual to limit and spend a certain amount of money or on household items, goods and services. The government's budget works in the same way as our’s does, the government has to spend their money in three different areas, these area are mandatory spending, discretionary spending, and interest on debt. If the government exceeds their budget amount they will have to cut some of their spending cost to some areas. An example of exceeding cost would be when we exceed are budget on groceries or items for are home, if these does happen will have to reduce the amount we buy or buy a cheaper version of it to stay within our limited budget.
The majority of the federal tax money of the United States is spent into three groups. The three groups are mandatory spending, discretionary spending and Interest on debt. Mandatory spending and discretionary spending is where 90% of the federal tax money is spent. Mandatory spending includes things such as Social Security and Medicare. Discretionary spending is the portion of the federal tax budget
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