Your Friend Is Preparing for This Exam and in Your

question 453

Essay

Your friend is preparing for this exam and in your practice session makes the following statement: "Instead of attending microeconomics class for two hours, Kiki could have played tennis or watched a movie. Therefore, the opportunity cost of attending class is the tennis and the movie she had to give up." Is your friend's analysis correct or not? Explain your answer.

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Definitions:

Withholding Allowance

A predetermined amount of pre-tax income exempt from federal income taxes, directly affecting the amount of tax withheld from an employee's paycheck.

Withholding Allowances

Designations that individuals can claim to reduce the amount of their income that is withheld for tax purposes, affecting the size of their paychecks and yearly tax liabilities.

Form W-4

A tax form used by employees to tell employers how much tax to withhold from their paycheck.

Withholding Base

This term represents the amount of an individual's income that is subject to tax withholding by employers, determining the portion of income that will have taxes withheld in advance.