Microeconomics
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Author: Campbell R. McConnell, Stanley L. Brue, Sean Masaki Flynn Dr.
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Chapter 20, Problem 4RQ
To determine
The type of taxation involved in each transaction.
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Refer to the tax table below. If your taxable income is $8,000, your average and
marginal tax rates are
Taxable Income Total Tax
$ 2,000
$ 200
4,000
600
6,000
1,200
8,000
2,000
10,500
3,000
25% average rate and 25% marginal rate on additional income.
25% average rate and 40% marginal rate on additional income.
20% average rate and 30% marginal rate on additional income.
25% average rate with a marginal rate that can not be determined.
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
The top 1% of income earners in the U.S. (those with the highest taxable incomes) pay
O about the same percentage of their incomes in taxes as the average U.S. taxpayer.
a much lower percentage of their incomes in taxes than the average U.S. taxpayer.
O a much higher percentage of their incomes in taxes than the average U.S. taxpayer.
O about 15 percent of their incomes in income taxes
O a and d
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