EBK ECONOMICS TODAY
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Author: Miller
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Chapter 6, Problem bFCT
To determine
To write:
The reasons for which the Congress did not readjust the AMT tax base that included merely 115 households in 1969 despite the number of households eligible for the tax bracket increase to 4 million.
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Federal payroll taxes to fund the EI program are levied at a combined rate of 1.58 percent up to an income ceiling of $54,200. a. If there was a limit on the income level at which these taxes apply, would they be proportional, progressive, or regressive? With no limit, are the taxes proportional, progressive, or regressive? b. The amount of EI benefits that people receive depends on the amount of payroll taxes they paid. Relative to people who had low earnings, people who had higher earnings and paid more 3 in taxes receive more benefits, but not proportionally more. Does this feature of the EI system make EI a progressive or a regressive payroll tax?
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In 1989, very few people made over $200,000 a year, so the estimate of the tax revenue is far too high.
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The Joint Committee on Taxation did not have the tools needed to make such an estimate accurately.
No one would have an incentive to work once they had earned $200,000, so much of the taxable income would disappear.
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