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Chapter 2, Problem 25QP

Tax Rates. Refer to the corporate marginal tax rate information in Table 2.3.

a. Why do you think the marginal tax rate jumps up from 34 percent to 39 percent at a taxable income of $100,001, and then falls back to a 34 percent marginal rate at a taxable income of $335,001?

b. Compute the average tax rate for a corporation with exactly $335,001 in taxable income. Does this confirm your explanation in part (a)? What is the average tax rate for a corporation with exactly $18,333,334 in taxable income? Is the same thing happening here?

c. Both the 39 percent and 38 percent tax rates represent what is called a tax “bubble.” Suppose the government wanted to lower the upper threshold of the 39 percent marginal tax bracket from $335,000 to $200,000. What would the new 39 percent bubble rate have to be?

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Solution Summary: The author explains that the tax rate rises to 39 percent when the taxable income is 100,001 and falls to 34 percent if the company has a legal obligation to pay taxes.

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