Scot and Vidia, married taxpayers, earn $240,000 in taxable income and $5,000 in interest from an investment in City of Tampa bonds. (Use the U.S. tax rate schedule for married filing jointly.) Required: If Scot and Vidia earn an additional $80,000 of taxable income, what is their marginal tax rate on this income? What is their marginal tax rate if, instead, they report an additional $80,000 in deductions?
Scot and Vidia, married taxpayers, earn $240,000 in taxable income and $5,000 in interest from an investment in City of Tampa bonds. (Use the U.S. tax rate schedule for married filing jointly.) Required: If Scot and Vidia earn an additional $80,000 of taxable income, what is their marginal tax rate on this income? What is their marginal tax rate if, instead, they report an additional $80,000 in deductions?
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Scot and Vidia, married taxpayers, earn $240,000 in taxable income and $5,000 in interest from an investment in City of Tampa bonds. (Use the U.S. tax rate schedule for married filing jointly.)
Required:
- If Scot and Vidia earn an additional $80,000 of taxable income, what is their marginal tax rate on this income?
- What is their marginal tax rate if, instead, they report an additional $80,000 in deductions?
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