The Average Tax Rate Is

question 88

Multiple Choice

The average tax rate is:

• A) change in taxes/change in taxable income.
• B) total taxes/total taxable income.
• C) the sum of the marginal tax rate and the rate of transfer payments.
• D) the tax on incremental income less the tax on total income.

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