Consider a family that carns $120,000 per year, pre-tax. Suppose their marginal tax rate onincome is 25%. The government is considering raising the tax rate to 40%. Suppose that theclasticity of taxable income is 0.5. What would the change in deadweight loss arising fromthis tax increase be?

Below is the given information: Earning of a Family = $120000 per year Marginal tax rate on income =…

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Consider a family that carns $120,000 per year, pre-tax. Suppose their marginal tax rate on income is 25%. The government is considering raising the tax rate to 40%. Suppose that the elasticity of taxable income is 0.5. What would the change in deadweight loss arising from this tax increase be?