Question

On your property tax bill, you see the following table. destination share of your taxes roads $241 schools $896 public safety $154 township $177 what percentage of your taxes went to funding public safety? a. 10.49% b. 12.06% c. 11.72% d. 8.94% please select the best answer from the choices provided a b c d

Answer 1

As per the property tax bill received by the person, such person pays around 10.49% of his total tax liabilities towards funding the public safety if $154 are paid.

What are tax liabilities?

Tax liabilities are the amount of tax that an eligible taxpayer is under an obligation to pay to the respective tax-collecting authorities.

As per the given information, it has been computed that a person pays a total tax of around $1468 and public safety taxes that are paid are $154.

Computation of the proportion of percentage of public safety out of the total tax liabilities is shown as below,

$\rm Tax\ in\ Percentage\ towards\ Public\ Safety= \dfrac{Public\ Safety\ Tax}{Total\ Tax\ Liabilities}x\ 100\\\\\rm Tax\ in\ Percentage\ towards\ Public\ Safety= \dfrac{154}{1468} x\ 100\\\\\rm Tax\ in\ Percentage\ towards\ Public\ Safety= 10.49\%$

Hence, option A; the person pays around 10.49% of his total tax liabilities towards funding the public safety if he pays $154 for tax liabilities of $1468.

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