ACCOUNTING 316 ()All Chapters Test Bank

ACCOUNTING 316 ()All Chapters Test Bank 1. The ratification of the Sixteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was necessary to validate the Federal income tax on individuals. *a. True b. False 2. Before the Sixteenth Amendment to the Constitution was ratified, there was no valid Federal income tax on individuals. a. True *b. False 3. The first income tax on individuals (after the ratification of the Sixteenth Amendment to the Constitution) levied tax rates from a low of 2% to a high of 6%. *a. True b. False 4. The Federal income tax on corporations generates more revenue than the Federal income tax on individuals. a. True *b. False 5. The pay-as-you-go feature of the Federal income tax on individuals conforms to Adam Smith’s canon of convenience. *a. True b. False 6. Although the law is complicated, most individual taxpayers are able to complete their Federal income tax returns without outside assistance. a. True *b. False 7. The FICA tax (Medicare component) on wages is progressive since the tax due increases as wages increase. a. True *b. False 8. The Federal estate and gift taxes are examples of progressive taxes. *a. True b. False 9. The Federal excise tax on cigarettes is an example of a proportional tax. *a. True b. False 10. Currently, the Federal income tax is more progressive than it ever has been in the past. a. True *b. False 11. Mona inherits her mother’s personal residence, which she converts to a furnished rent house. These changes should affect the amount of ad valorem property taxes levied on the properties. *a. True b. False 12. A fixture will be subject to the ad valorem tax on personalty rather than the ad valorem tax on realty. a. True *b. False 13. Even if property tax rates are not changed, the ad valorem taxes imposed on realty may not remain the same. *a. True b. False 14. The ad valorem tax on business use personalty is more often avoided by taxpayers than