The Following Data Represent a Personal Income Tax Schedule

question 31

Multiple Choice

The following data represent a personal income tax schedule. Refer to the above table.This tax is such that the after-tax distribution of income will be:

• A) more equal than the before-tax distribution.
• B) less equal than the before-tax distribution.
• C) distributed in precisely the same way as the before-tax distribution.
• D) less than the before-tax distribution by the same percentage at each income level.

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Definitions:

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