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Chapter 18, Problem 6RQ
To determine
Whether the statement landlords pays the property tax is true or false.
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Question 8
Year
1
2
3
4
5
Government Government
tax revenues
expenditures
(billions of
dollars)
240
250
260
300
325
O 50
What is the amount of the surplus or deficit incurred in year 5 by the government shown in the above table?.
O $15 billion deficit
O $15 billion surplus
(billions of
dollars)
240
245
255
320
340
O $5 billion surplus
Kathy works full time during the day as an economist and faces
a 90 percent marginal tax rate. If Kathy were to get an offer to
work a second job in the evenings doing consulting work for a
local business for $10,000 per year, how much of this additional
income would she be able to keep as net pay after taxes?
O $1,000
O $4,000
O $6,000
O $10,000
Suppose George made $20,000 last year and that he lives in the country of Harmony. The way Harmony levies income taxes, all
citizens must pay 10 percent in taxes on their first $10,000 in earnings and then 50 percent in taxes on anything else they might earn.
Given that George earned $20,000 last year, his marginal tax rate on the last dollar he earns will be
rate for his entire income will be
and his average tax
O 10 percent; 50 percent
O 50 percent; less than 50 percent
O 10 percent; less than 50 percent
O 50 percent; 50 percent
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