Internal Revenue Service United States Department of the Treasury

Theme 3: Fairness in TaxesLesson 1: How to Measure Fairness

 

Part 1

Match the clues below to their correct answers by choosing from the drop-down menu. Continue to Part 2 or, to assess your answers, click the Check My Answers button at the bottom of the page.

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Part 2

Answer the true/false questions below by clicking on the correct answer. Continue to Part 3 or, to assess your answers, click the Check My Answers button at the bottom of the page.

  1. A gas tax paid by all drivers is fair according to the criteria of ability to pay.
  • A.
  • B. Correct.
  1. Because property taxes usually support schools, people with no children do not have to pay them.
  • A.
  • B. Correct.
  1. Our federal income tax is based on the ability to pay principle.
  • A. Correct.
  • B.
  1. In the United States, people with low incomes are allowed no benefits.
  • A.
  • B. Correct.
  1. All people benefit equally from government services.
  • A.
  • B. Correct.
Part 3

Answer the following multiple-choice questions by clicking on the correct answer. To assess your answers, click the Check My Answers button at the bottom of the page.

  1. Which is NOT an example of a person's wealth?
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  • C. Correct.
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  1. Who benefits from roads that are supported by gas taxes?
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  • B.
  • C.
  • D. Correct.
  1. A criteria of tax fairness that assumes that people with different amounts of wealth or income should pay different amounts of taxes is called
  • A.
  • B. Correct.
  • C.
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  1. Which is NOT an example of a person's income?
  • A. Correct.
  • B.
  • C.
  • D.
  1. It is hard to get people to agree on what is a fair tax because
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  • B.
  • C. Correct.
  • D.

 

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