Research report The Opacity of Marginal Tax Rates
Rosanne Altshuler, Jacob Goldin
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Suppose that a taxpayer earns an additional dollar of income. How much tax would she owe on that dollar? A natural way to answer this question would be to look up the taxpayers statutory tax rate - the tax rate corresponding to her tax bracket and filing status.
Primary topic Federal Budget and Economy
Research Area Federal Budget and Economy