Chapter 16 Notes

Turned notebooks in and took Tax exam

Tax review questions

1. What type of tax does the Federal government get most of their money from?  What about State government? What about Local government?

2. What is an excise tax?

3. What is cyclical unemployment?  Give an example.

4. What is seasonal unemployment?  Give an example.

5. What is a progressive tax mean? Who does it impact the most?

6.  What are the four characteristics of a good tax?  Explain the meaning of each.

7. What is a customs tax? Is it progressive?

8. What is structural unemployment?  Give an example.

9. What is a regressive tax? What types of taxes are regressive?

10. What are the characteristics of an expansion period?

11. What are the characteristics of a contraction period?

12. When does cyclical unemployment take place?

13. How do frictional and structural unemployment differ?

14. What are the 3 main indicators of the economy?

15. What is Gross Domestic Product?

16.  Explain how proportional taxes work.

17. What form do you fill out when you get a job?  How is the form used?

18. What is a W2?

19. Why do you fill out a 1040?

20. What is pay-as-you-earn taxation?

Prezi on Unemployment: http://prezi.com/3zgtoinox-mf/copy-of-eco-chapter-13-section-1/

See me for the worksheet if you missed class.

Today we discussed/showed what the W2, W4,  and 1040EZ forms are.

Read and take notes
pp 375-378
p 380 #1-4

14.2 Questions

1. Why do employers withhold a set amount of your income?
2. What is taxable income?
3. What does Social Security provide?
4. What is Medicare?
5. What items are taxed for the purpose of changing behavior?
6. Explain pay-as-you-earn taxation.
7. What is the purpose of FICA?
8. Describe withholding and explain how it would affect someone with a part-time job.
9. How much of the federal government’s income comes from individual income tax?

10. What is the difference between an estate tax and a gift tax?

Federal Tax Notes