Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1.Requiring that employers withhold a portion of their employees’ incomes for income and Social Security taxes imposes a cost on the private sector that makes the collection of revenue easier and less expensive for the government.
2.The 1986 tax reforms eliminated many tax loopholes.
3.Taxes that require reassessments or adjustments in rates to keep pace with inflation do not generate political difficulties if the real value of their yield is maintained.
4.The value-added tax tends to be more visible to taxpayers than the sales tax.
5.The nature of tax politics is to attempt to divert the burden of taxation onto others and to build in special privileges for oneself.


1.true
2.true
3.false
4.false
5.true

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