A primary criticism of preferential tax treatment of dividends and capital gains is:

A) there is not a double taxation of dividends
B) it adversely affects the distribution of after-tax income
C) there is no locked-in effect resulting from taxation of capital gains
D) it does not have any impact on efficiency


B

Economics

You might also like to view...

The benefit to the firm from hiring one additional worker is called the

A) marginal revenue product of labor. B) total revenue. C) marginal profit. D) marginal revenue.

Economics

A balanced budget occurs when

A) the national debt is reduced to zero dollars. B) a budget deficit during one year is matched by a budget surplus in the next year. C) transfer payments equal tax revenues. D) government expenditures equal tax revenues. E) the deficit-GDP ratio equals one.

Economics

The addition of the capital budget deficit and the current budget deficit results in the:

(a) General government deficit. (b) Exchequer capital expenditure. (c) Exchequer borrowing requirement. (d) None of the above.

Economics

A particularly severe or protracted recession is called a(n):

A. peak. B. expansion. C. boom. D. depression.

Economics