Week 13 / Week of April 12
Taxing and spending… Chapter 12. In addition to completing Blog #17, your final chapter-related blog post, please be sure to send me your revised survey EXACTLY AS YOU PLAN TO ADMINISTER IT, along with a detailed description of EXACTLY HOW you plan to administer it. You will need to administer your survey no later than Sunday of this week if you hope to complete the assignment by the end of the semester.
· Blog entry #17: Read and reflect on Chapter 12, Taxing & Spending.
· Do some research online and find 4 different state or local taxes that are levied on taxpayers who live in your neighborhood. They should be 4 different kinds of taxes, such as sales tax, tobacco tax, hotel tax and property tax.
· Summarize the tax rates a person who lives in your neighborhood is subject to paying with regard to each of the 4 kinds of taxes, and how these compare to the rates paid by a person who lives in a nearby city. For example, sales tax in my city of East Palo Alto is 9.75%. The sales tax rate in adjacent Palo Alto is 9.0%.
· Are there ways an individual can avoid paying these taxes?
· Does everyone pay the taxes equally?
· Are they regressive or progressive? Why might local tax rates vary within a county?
· Use concepts from the chapter to make your answers well-informed.
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