Economics Today: The Micro View (19th Edition) (Pearson Series in Economics)
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ISBN: 9780134479255
Author: Roger LeRoy Miller
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 6, Problem 6P
To determine
The sales tax rate applied to all purchases within a state was 0.04 (4 percent) throughout 2016 but increased to 0.05 (5 percent) during all of 2017. The state government collected all taxes due, but it tax revenues were equal to $40 million each year. What happened to the sales tax base between 2016 and 2017? What could account for this result?
Concept introduction:
Sales tax: Sales tax is the tax levied by the government on purchase and sales of various goods in the course of business.
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