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1. (Introduction)VGiveVaVbriefVhistoryVofVtheVincomeVtaxVinVtheVUnitedVStates.


ANSWER:
TheVfirstVfederalVincomeVtaxVwasVenactedVinV1861VtoVhelpVfinanceVtheVCivilVWarVandVwasVdiscardedVsoonVthereafter
.VInV1894,VanotherVincomeVtaxVwasVpromulgatedVbyVCongressVtoVraiseVadditionalVtaxVrevenueVandVtoVexpandVtheVso
urcesVofVrevenue.VInV1895,VtheVSupremeVCourtVruledVthatVtheVfederalVincomeVtaxVwasVunconstitutional.VInV1913,Vth
eVsixteenthVAmendmentVtoVtheVU.S.VConstitutionVwasVenacted.VThisVamendmentVgaveVCongressVtheVpowerVtoVlevyVa
ndVcollectVtaxes.VInV2020,VtheVfederalVgovernmentVcollectedVaboutV$1.75VtrillionVinVindividualVincomeVtaxes.
Feedback:
LearningVObjective:VIntroductionVTopic:VIncomeVtaxVhistoryVDifficulty:V1VEasyV
EA:VNo




2. (Introduction)VForVtaxVyearV2020,VwhatVproportionVofVindividualVincomeVtaxVreturnsVwasVelectronicallyVfiled?V
UseVTableV1-1.


ANSWER:
InV2020,VelectronicallyVfiledVtaxVreturnsVwereVaboutV94.25%VofVtotalVreturns.
Feedback:VCalculatedVfromVTableV1-
1VLearningVObjective:VIntroductionVTopic:VIncomeVtaxVdataVDifficulty:V2VMediumVEA:VNo




3. NameVtheVthreeVtypesVofVtaxVrateVstructuresVandVgiveVanVexampleVofVeach.
ANSWER:
ProgressiveV–VU.S.VfederalVincomeVtax
ProportionalV–V“flat-
tax”VusuallyVleviedVonVpropertyVorVsalesVatVtheVstateVorVlocalVlevelVRegressiveV–
SocialVsecurityVtaxVFeedback:
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4. WhatVisVaVprogressiveVtax?VWhyVdoVyouVthinkVtheVgovernmentVbelievesVitVisVaVmoreVequitableVtaxVthan,Vsa
y,VaVregressiveVtaxVorVproportionalVtax?


ANSWER:
AVprogressiveVrateVstructureVisVaVstructureVwhereVtheVtaxVrateVincreasesVasVtheVtaxVbaseVincreases.VTheVprogressive
VrateVstructureVisVviewedVasVmoreVequitableVbecauseVtheVamountVofVtaxVpaidVvariesVwithVtheVabilityVtoVpay.VForVexa

mple,VtheVgovernmentVbelievesVthatVasVanVindividualVmakesVmoreVincome,VaVsmallerVpercentageVofVthatVincomeVisVn
eededVtoVbuyVnecessaryVlivingVsuppliesVandVthusVmoreVincomeVisVavailableVtoVpayVtaxes.
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01VTopic:VTaxVrateVstructureVDifficulty:V2VMediumVEA:VNo




5. WhatVtypeVofVtaxVisVaVsalesVtax?VExplainVyourVanswer.


ANSWER:
TheVsalesVtaxVisVaVproportionalVtax.VAVproportionalVtaxVisVaVtaxVwhereVtheVtaxVrateVremainsVtheVsameVregardlessVofV
theVtaxVbase.VMostVcountyVorVstateVsalesVtaxVratesVareVtheVsameVregardlessVofVtheVamountVofVsalesVuponVwhichVtheVt
axVisVlevied.VWithVaVproportionalVtax,VtheVmarginalVtaxVrateVandVaverageVtaxVrateVareValwaysVtheVsame.
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LearningVObjective:V01-
01VTopic:VTaxVrateVstructureVDifficulty:V1VEasyVEA:VNo




6. WhatVisVtheVdefinitionVofVtaxVbase,VandVhowVdoesVitVaffectVtheVamountVofVtaxVlevied?


ANSWER:
TheVtaxVbaseVisVtheVdollarVamountVuponVwhichVtheVtaxVrateVisVappliedVinVorderVtoVdetermineVtheVactualVtax.VIncome
,VdollarVsales,VandVpropertyVvalueVareVtheVmoreVcommonVtaxVbasesVinVtheVUnitedVStates.