Thinking Mathematically (6th Edition)

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Chapter 8 - Personal Finance - 8.2 Income Tax - Exercise Set 8.2 - Page 506: 12

Answer

$104639.5$

Work Step by Step

Using the table we get: tax liability on first $17400$: $17400\cdot0.1=1740$ tax liability on$17401$ to $70700$: $(70700-17400)\cdot0.15=7995$ tax liability on$70701$ to $142700$: $(142700-70700)\cdot0.25=18000$ tax liability on$142701$ to $217450$: $(217450-142700)\cdot0.28=20930$ tax liability on$217451$ to $388350$: $(388350-217450)\cdot0.33=56397$ tax liability on$388351$ to $400000$: $(400000-388350)\cdot0.35=4077.5$ Total tax liability: $1740+7995+18000+20930+56397+4077.5=109139.5$ Total tax owed: total tax liability-tax credits= $109139.5-4500=104639.5$
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