Question

Choose the letter of the item that best completes the statement or answers the question. Last year Jackson earned $500,000, Velez earned $50,000, and Bari earned $5,000. According to their states’s tax laws, each one had to pay a tax of $500. Which one of the following terms best describes this tax? (a) progressive (b) proportional (c) regressive
(d) inexpensive.
2. Which one of the following is an example of an excise tax? (a) individual income tax (b) tax on perfume (c) corporate income tax
(d) ticket of admission to Yosemite National Park.
3. Rose Chin just purchased $12 worth of school supplies. The state
sales tax is 5 percent. How much did Rose have to pay for the supplies? (a) $12.60 (b) $11.40 (c) $18 (d) $6.
4. Which of the following would be an example of a property tax? (a) a
tax based on the value of one's home (b) admission to Yellowstone
National Park (c) a tax deducted from one's weekly wages (d) a tax
added to the price of gasoline.
5.
Which one of the following is the best example of the ability-to-pay
principle? (a) bridge toll (b) income tax (c) sales tax (d) property tax.
6. Which one of the following is an example of a tax based on the benefits-received principle? (a) bridge toll (b) income tax (c) sales tax
(d) property tax.
7. In the United States, taxes are used to accomplish all of the following except (a) help pay for the cost of government (b) take from the
rich and give to the poor (c) determine which brands consumers
buy (d) keep certain goods out of the country.
8. Brown owns an apartment house in the city. There are 50 units
in the building. Brown must pay $7,200 a year in property taxes
to the city. To make up for this tax, Brown has added $12 to the
monthly rent on each apartment unit. For the apartment tenants,
the tax is (a) an indirect tax (b) a direct tax (c) an income tax (d) a
sales tax.
9. Who ultimately bears the burden of the tax in question 8? (a) the
city (b) Brown (c) the tenants and Brown (d) the tenants.
10. Which one of the following is an example of a protective tariff?
(a) tax on theater tickets (b) sales tax on clothing (c) bridge toll
(d) tax on the importation of foreign-made cars.

Answer 1

1. According to their states’ tax laws, which require each one to pay a tax of $500 despite their different earnings, the best description of the tax is (c) regressive.

What is a regressive tax system?

A regressive tax system is one where taxpayers pay a disproportionate share of the tax burden, given their earning levels.

A regressive tax system is not proportional or progressive.

2. An example of an excise tax is (b) tax on perfume.

3. The amount Rose Chin paid for the purchase of school supplies based on the state sales tax of 5% is a) $12.60 ($12 x 1.05).

4. An example of a property tax is a) a tax based on the value of one's home.

5. The best example of the ability-to-pay principle is b) income tax.

6. An example of a tax based on the benefits-received principle is (a) bridge toll.

7. In the United States, taxes are used to accomplish all of the following except (c) determine which brands consumers buy.

8. For the apartment tenants, the tax is d) a sales tax.

9. The ultimate tax-burden bearer in question 8 is (d) the tenants.

10. An example of a protective tariff is (d) tax on the importation of foreign-made cars.

Thus, while income tax is mostly progressive in the United States, sales taxes are proportional, while some taxes are regressive because the amount paid is fixed and does not depend on the ability-to-pay principle.

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