Identify the various and specific taxes that federal, state, and local governments utilize to fund the public sector. What are the impact of these taxes on both the producer and consumer? How do these taxes affect you?
At the Federal level of government, the major sources of revenue are individual income tax, social insurance (payroll) taxes, corporate income tax and excise tax. The largest expenditure includes retirement benefits (Social Security), national defense , health care (medicaid and medicare), or interest on the public debt. State governments depend largely on intergovernmental revenues (sales and excise taxes), and personal income taxes. The largest expenditure is on education, medicaid, and transportation. Local government’s major sources are transfers and grants from the Federal government; and largely spend on schools and public assistance
With the implementation of a tax, the consumer and producer surplus could both fall. The altered price that taxes present can result to the market inefficiency, because producers may reallocate their resources for the production of other goods with lower taxes or consumers can even reallocate their disposable income for purchasing similar substitutes other than the taxed good. Since I am consumer of a good thus imposition of tax have reduced my surplus too.
Identify the various and specific taxes that federal, state, and local governments utilize to fund the...
Public organizations, such as national, state, and local governments, authorities, school districts, and government agencies, and also firms and individuals in the private sector, are always in a post to make investment decisions. For these decision-making bodies, economic analysis is complicated by several factors that do not affect companies in the private sector. Write a discussion on, what are the factors (minimum of 3 factors / findings) that exist in public sectors that are not ordinarily found in privately financed...
WHO ACTS AS THE SPONSOR IN THE STATE-SPECIFIC AFFORDABLE CARE MARKETPLACES: FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, STATE GOVERNMENTS, OR A PARTNERSHIP OF BOTH?
3. What's the level of net public debt (for federal, state, and local governments) relative to U.S. GDP? How does the U.S. measure compare with that of other major economies?!
Bob made the following payments to state and local governments in 2018: State income taxes withheld from wages totaled $3,500 The remaining balance on 2017 state income taxes of $200 was paid on 4/10/2018 State sales taxes paid totaled $2,000 Real estate taxes totaled $6,000, which included $1,000 for solid waste collection and disposal What is his maximum deduction for state and local taxes for 2018?
Identify one tax (other than federal personal income tax) you pay and one benefit you utilize that is funded by tax dollars. How do both of these impact your life and your family member’s lives?
1. What distinctions did Hoover draw between the roles of the federal, state, and local governments in dealing with the Great Depression? 2. Why was Hoover so insistent that the federal government stay out of providing assistance to individuals suffering from joblessness, homelessness, and hunger?
We know that health policy making occurs at the Federal, State and local levels of government, but the private sector also adopts health policy making. Discuss some examples of private sector policy making (who specifically does this and what are some examples) and how that interacts with public policy making.
Describe what COG is and its importance in the federal-state-local relations and visit the Census of Governments website and identify the types of special districts in the state of Mississippi.
The Federal government (and state and local governments as well) calculate billable rate as Billable rate -Wage rate + (Approved Overhead+ Indirect Costs) Factor x (Wage Rate) Given the following business costs for the previous year submitted for review and approval to a Federal agency: Expense Direct labor Cost $200,000 $140,000 Vacation pay, profit sharing health insurance, sick pay Advertising labor Office supplies $ 17,000 $25,000 35,000 $40,000 Insurance Rent Entertainment s 14,000 Travel (after required adjustments)$ 22,000 Taxes (after...
Provide an example of a specific public good that is provided by State or Local government, determine an externality that could impact it’s provision, and identify one way the government can respond.