Given the following tax structure: Taxpayer Mae Pedro Salary $ 42,000 $ 66,000 Total tax $ 1,680 ??? a. What is the minimum tax that Pedro should pay to make the tax structure vertically equitable based on the tax rate paid? (Round your final answer to nearest whole dollar amount.)

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Given the following tax structure:
Taxpayer
Mae
Pedro
Salary
$ 42,000
$ 66,000
Total tax
$ 1,680
???
a. What is the minimum tax that Pedro should pay to make the tax structure vertically equitable based on the tax rate paid? (Round
your final answer to nearest whole dollar amount.)
Transcribed Image Text:Given the following tax structure: Taxpayer Mae Pedro Salary $ 42,000 $ 66,000 Total tax $ 1,680 ??? a. What is the minimum tax that Pedro should pay to make the tax structure vertically equitable based on the tax rate paid? (Round your final answer to nearest whole dollar amount.)
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