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Scenario 20-7
Zooey is a single mother of two young children whose husband died in a tragic car accident. She earns $20,000 per year working as a cashier at a grocery store. The government uses a negative income tax system in which
Taxes owed = (1/4 of income) - $15,000.
-Refer to Scenario 20-7. One of Zooey's friends tells her she would have more money for the year if she quit her job and filed her tax return with $0 in income. Is her friend correct? Why or why not?


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