Which Filing Status Reaches the 37% Marginal Rate at the Lowest

question 61

Multiple Choice

Which filing status reaches the 37% marginal rate at the lowest level of taxable income?

• A)surviving spouse
• B)head of household
• C)married filing separately
• D)married filing jointly

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Definitions:

Labor Supply Curve

A graphical representation showing the relationship between the different levels of wages and the quantity of labor workers are willing to supply.

Income Effect

A person’s willingness to give up some income in exchange for more leisure time.

Substitution Effect

If the price of a resource, say labor, goes up, business firms tend to substitute capital or land for some of their now-expensive workers. Also, the substitution of more hours of work for leisure time as the wage rate rises.

Substitution Effect

The economic principle that as prices rise, consumers will replace costlier items with less expensive alternatives, holding the utility they receive constant.