Which of the Following Statements About a Proportionate Income Tax

question 14

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about a proportionate income tax rate structure is false?

• A) A theoretic justification for a proportionate rate is its superior potential for wealth redistribution.
• B) Under a proportionate rate structure, the marginal rate equals the average rate.
• C) Under a proportionate rate structure, the taxpayer with the least income pays the same percentage of income to the government as the taxpayer with the most income.
• D) None of the choices are false.

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Definitions:

L-Glucose

An enantiomer of glucose that is not commonly found in nature and is the mirror image of D-glucose.

Aldonic Acid

A type of organic acid derived from aldoses, a class of monosaccharides, by oxidation of the aldehyde group to a carboxyl group.

Reducing Sugar

Any sugar that is capable of acting as a reducing agent because it has a free aldehyde group or a free ketone group.

α-D-Fructofuranose

An isomer of fructose where the furanose ring form predominates, characterized by its specific configuration at the anomeric carbon.