A Safe and Easy Way for a Taxpayer to Avoid

question 59

True/False

A safe and easy way for a taxpayer to avoid local and state sales taxes is to make the purchase in a state that levies no such taxes.

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Definitions:

Variable Cost

Costs that change in proportion to the level of output or activity in a business.

Fixed Costs

Costs that do not vary in proportion to the level of goods or services produced by a business, such as rent, salaries, and insurance premiums.

Operating Leverage

Operating Leverage is a measure of how revenue growth translates into growth in operating income, determined by the proportion of fixed versus variable costs a company has.

Variable Cost

Operational expenses of a business that alter in accordance with the level of activity.