Given the Following Tax Structure,what Is the Minimum Tax That

question 95

Essay

Given the following tax structure,what is the minimum tax that would need to be assessed on Dora to make the tax progressive with respect to average tax rates? What is the minimum tax that would need to be assessed on Dora to make the tax progressive with respect to effective tax rates?
 
$\begin{array}{|l|r|r|rr|}\hline {\text { Taxpayer }} & \text { Salary } & \text { Muni-Bond Interest } & {\text { Total Tax }} \\\hline \text { Diego } & 30,000 & 10,000 & & 1,500 \\\hline \text { Dora } & 50,000 & 5,000 & & ? ? ? \\\hline\end{array}$  

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