Taxes

A required payment to local, state, or national government is 

• a tax
• revenue
• a ripoff

Income received by the government from taxes is called

• income
• revenue
• payments in-kind
• inflation

Which amendment legalized the federal income tax?

• 11th
• 13th
• 16th
• 22nd

Which of the following is NOT a limit on taxation?

• they must be for the common defense and general welfare
• they can't go to pay for individual interests
• church services and exports cannot be taxed
• everybody must pay the same amount of taxes

What is the government's biggest expenditure?

• Healthcare
• National defense
• Education
• Environmental protection

The income, property, good, or service that is subject to a tax.

• tax
• tax base
• incentive
• revenue

This principle of tax fairness says that those who expect to receive the most benefits from government should be the ones to pay the taxes.

• ability to pay
• benefits-received
• certainty
• simplicity

This principle of taxation states that people should pay taxes based on their ability to pay, regardless of how much they benefit from the government.

• ability to pay
• benefits-received
• efficiency
• equity

Taxes should be easy to understand.

• Simplicity
• Efficiency
• Equity
• Certainty

The idea that the collection of taxes shouldn't take too much time or money.

• Simplicity
• Efficiency
• Equity
• Certainty