Which of the Following Is True Regarding the Incidence of the Social

question 24

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true regarding the incidence of the social security tax?

• A)Regardless of how the tax is collected,employees always bear the entire tax burden.
• B)Most economists believe that employers generally bear most of the burden of the social security tax.
• C)When the aggregate labor supply curve is said to be inelastic,the income and substitution effects of a social security tax exactly offset one another.
• D)When the supply curve of labor is perfectly elastic the net wage received by workers falls by the entire amount of the tax.

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