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Question 61

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Eliminating the current system of withholding income taxes directly from employee paychecks would:

A) Violate the convenience criterion of federal taxation
B) Increase the rate of compliance
C) Make collection of federal income taxes easier
D) All of these
E) None of these

F) All of the above
G) B) and C)

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Question 62

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Which of the following is not an example of a graduated tax rate structure?

A) Progressive tax rate structure
B) Proportional tax rate structure
C) U.S. Federal Income Tax
D) Regressive tax rate structure
E) None of these

F) A) and B)
G) D) and E)

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Question 63

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Earmarked taxes are:

Congress recently approved a new, bigger budget for the IRS. What taxation concept evaluates the cost of administering our tax law?

The substitution effect:

Jed Clampett is expanding his family-run beer distributorship into Georgia or Tennessee. His parents began the business many years ago and now three generations of Clampetts work in the family business. Jed will relocate the entire family (his parents, spouse, children, etc.) to either state after the move. What types of taxes may influence his decision of where to locate his business? What non-tax factors may influence the decision?

Marc, a single taxpayer, earns $60,000 in taxable income and $5,000 in interest from an investment in city of Birmingham Bonds. Using the U.S. tax rate schedule for year 2014, what is his effective tax rate (rounded) ?

Estimated tax payments are one way the federal income tax system addresses the "certainty" criterion in evaluating tax systems.

George recently paid $50 to renew his driver's license. The $50 payment is considered a tax.

Junior earns $80,000 taxable income as a regional circuit stock car driver and is taxed at an average rate of 25 percent (i.e., $20,000 of tax). If Congress increases the income tax rate such that Junior's average tax rate increases from 25% to 30%, how much more income tax will he pay assuming that the income effect is larger than the substitution effect? What effect will this tax rate change have on the tax base and tax collected? What will happen to the government's tax revenues if Junior chooses to spend more time pursuing his other passions besides work (e.g., earns only $60,000 in taxable income) in response to the tax rate change? What is the term that describes this type of reaction to a tax rate increase? (Round your answers to two decimal places.)

Which of the following is true regarding real property taxes and personal property taxes?