Chapter 14 - Assignment 2: Marginal Tax Rates and Phaseouts

<BODY BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF TEXT=#000000 ALINK=#0000FF VLINK=#FF6666 background="../../../images/bckgrnd.GIF"> <CENTER> <H1>Chapter 14 - Assignment 2: Marginal Tax Rates and Phaseouts</H1> </CENTER> <HR> Read Michael R. McEvoy's article entitled: <a href="http://www.hsetax.com/HSENews/021696.htm">"Congress Should Aim to Phase Out the Phaseouts"</a>. <P> <OL type="a"> <LI>What is a "phaseout?" <LI>How do phaseouts affect marginal tax rates? (See Taylor, pp. 393-4, for a discussion of marginal tax rates.) <LI>Summarize McEvoy's arguments against the use of phaseouts. Why might an increase in marginal tax rates be preferable? </OL> <HR> [ <a href="c14.htm" target="_top">Chapter 14</a> | <a href="mailto:csweb.College_Econ@cengage.com">Feedback</a> ] <CENTER> <H6>Copyright Houghton Mifflin Company. All Rights Reserved.<BR> <A href="http://www.hmco.com/hmco/Copyright.html">Terms and Conditions of Use</a> and <a href="http://www.hmco.com/hmco/Trademark.html">Trademark Information</a><BR> </H6> </CENTER> </BODY>