Using Income as the Tax Base, Which of the Following

question 98

Multiple Choice

Using income as the tax base, which of the following best illustrates a regressive tax?

• A) the federal inheritance tax
• B) a 7 percent general sales tax
• C) the corporate income tax
• D) the personal income tax

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