Taxes Chap 14 Lesson 1
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- Q1____________________ of a tax is the term for the final burden of the tax.IncidenceLuquiditySimplicityAlternate-side30s
- Q2Exceptions or oversights in the tax law that allow taxpayers to avoid taxes are called ____________ .smart lawyersconsequencestax loopholeshoop-jumps30s
- Q3The largest tax levied on the wages, salaries, and other income of individuals is known as the _________________ tax.medicareindividual incomepayrollsocial security30s
- Q4The _________________ is the branch of the U.S. Treasury Department that collects taxes.Dept of CommerceIRSDept of Homeland SecurityDefense Department30s
- Q5A general state or city tax levied on a product at the time of sale is called a _________________ .commerce taxadd-on taxsales taxsin tax30s
- Q6An effective tax is one that exhibits one or more of the following characteristics.equityefficiencyall of the abovesimplicity30s
- Q7“Those who benefit from government goods and services should pay in proportion to the amount of benefits they receive.” So states the __________________ .alternative minimum taxincidence of taxbenefit principleability-to-pay rule30s
- Q8The terms proportional, progressive, and regressive refer to ________________ .principles of taxationtypes of taxesgoals of tax reformcriteria for effective taxes30s
- Q9In discussing taxes, which is the opposite of regressive?flatprogressivevalue-addedalternative30s
- Q10Which type of tax is levied on the sale of an asset held for 12 months or longer?marginal taxflat taxsales taxcapital gains tax30s