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Galax income inequal
taxes
Question | Answer |
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An individual's earnings are directly related to | productivity |
How do you determine net pay? | subtract deductions from gross income |
Define taxes | Required payments to government; provides goods and services |
City & County Governments Provide for | schools, parks, police |
Taxes paid to the state: | Provide for roads & bridges, state colleges, state police |
Transfer payments include | Food stamps, housing subsidies, social security, Medicaid |
Voluntary payments deducted from your gross pay include | Insurance, retirement plan, charity |
What is the deadline for filing federal taxes? | April 15 |
Most people file early if they | Expect a refund |
You are due a refund if | Your employer withheld more from your paycheck than you owed for taxes |
What is the deadline for filing Virginia income taxes? | May 1 |
T/F: Income inequality is a result of a well-functioning economy | True |
Food stamps are paid for by | Taxing higher income individuals and giving food stamps to lower income individuals |
Higher income earners pay a larger percentage of income in tax than lower income earners | Progressive tax |
Taxable income is calculated by subtracting deductions from | gross income |
In a progressive tax, the tax bracket in which the upper limit of your taxable income falls is your | marginal tax bracket |
For the 2010 tax year, a $3650 exemption is allowed for | the taxpayer, the taxpayer's spouse, and each dependent child |
All levels of income are taxed at the same rate in the | flat tax |
The flat tax has | no deductions |
In the flat tax, the only thing subtracted from gross income to determine taxable income is | the personal allowance |
A tax that is collected at the final point of purchase of new goods and services for personal consumptions is | the fair tax |
Reimbursement of tax paid on essential goods and services in the fair tax is the | prebate |
A lot of tax income is lost through | tax evasion |
According to the U.S. Census Bureau's definition of poverty, | about 11% of the U.S. population is poor |
You can minimize income inequality by | getting education and/or training for a better paying job |
In 2011, the employee pays what percentage of his/her income for social security? | 4.2% |
In 2011, the employer pays what percentage of he employee's income for social security? | 6.2% |
The employer and the employee pay 1.45% each for | medicare |
Mandatory deductions from your gross pay include | federal and state income tax |
Before you can complete you income tax return, you must have your | W-2 form |
Most young, single taxpayers can use the | 1040 E-Z form |
A single parent and child are defined as living in poverty if they earn less than | $14,787 |
Income inequality is caused by | education and training, work hours & effort, experience, inheritance, physical and mental talents |
Ability to pay | Tax is levied on how well the individual can afford to pay |
Redistribution of wealth | causes lower productivity, less entrepreneurship and innovation,and overall economic growth |