An Example of an Incentive Designed to Promote Savings Would

question 5

Multiple Choice

An example of an incentive designed to promote savings would be

• A)a tax provision that reduces the effective interest rate garnered by savings.
• B)an increase in the sales tax.
• C)an increase in the capital gains tax rate.
• D)a decrease in the exclusion from taxable income of the first $100 of dividends.

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