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Theme 3: Fairness in TaxesLesson 3: Progressive Taxes

 

Part 1

Match the descriptions below to their correct answers by choosing an answer from the drop-down menu. Continue to Part 2 or, to assess your answers, click on the Check My Answers button at the bottom of the page.

Part 2

Indicate whether each of the statements below is True or False by clicking the correct answer. Continue to Part 3 or, to assess your answers, click the Check My Answers button at the bottom of the page.

  1. A progressive tax takes a smaller share of income from low-income groups than from high-income groups.
  • A.
  • B.
  1. Progressive taxes include fixed amounts of tax on each individual or household.
  • A.
  • B.
  1. In the United States, tax rates on income ranged from 10 percent to 39.6 percent.
  • A.
  • B.
  1. Inheritance taxes tend to be progressive because they take a smaller percentage from larger amounts of inheritance.
  • A.
  • B.
  1. A person's tax bracket depends on that person's earnings.
  • A.
  • B.
Part 3

Answer the following multiple-choice questions by clicking the correct answer. To assess your answers, click the Check My Answers button at the bottom of the page.

  1. A progressive tax takes the largest percentage of income from which group?
  • A.
  • B.
  • C.
  • D.
  1. Which is not an example of a commonly used progressive tax?
  • A.
  • B.
  • C.
  • D.
  1. Why do federal income tax rates not go above 40 percent?
  • A.
  • B.
  • C.
  • D.
  1. Which of the following is an example of a progressive tax?
  • A.
  • B.
  • C.
  • D.
  1. The United States uses a progressive income tax
  • A.
  • B.
  • C.
  • D.

 

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