What happens to the percentage of an income that is taxed when income rises and the tax is a proportional one?

A. The percentage of tax falls.

C. The percentage rises and then falls.

D. The percentage of tax stays the same

Question

What happens to the percentage of an income that is taxed when income rises and the tax is a proportional one?



 
A. The percentage of tax falls. 
 


C. The percentage rises and then falls. 
 
 
D. The percentage of tax stays the same

anonymous · Answer

@Whitemonsterbunny17

whitemonsterbunny17 · Answer

Uhhhh where's B? o.O

anonymous · Answer

it was wrong! @Whitemonsterbunny17

whitemonsterbunny17 · Answer

What do you mean? 
I didn't give you an answer, I just asked where choice B was.. o.O

anonymous · Answer

B was wrong so I took it out to make it easier that's wht I was saying was wrong @Whitemonsterbunny17

whpalmer4 · Answer

okay, if the tax is 10% of your income, and your income doubles, what happens to the percentage?

whitemonsterbunny17 · Answer

Ohh okay, I see. :p

anonymous · Answer

it doubles @whpalmer4

whpalmer4 · Answer

wait, the question is what happens to the percentage...

whpalmer4 · Answer

if the tax paid is proportional to income, (for example, is a straight 10% of income), and the income doubles, what happens to the percentage?

anonymous · Answer

it should double?

whpalmer4 · Answer

okay, let's do some numbers.

you have a proportional tax.  you make 100,000 smackers, and your tax is 10,000 smackers.  what is the percentage?

next year, you make 200,000 smackers.  what is the tax, and what is the percentage?

anonymous · Answer

10 percent 
the tax would be 20,000 smackers and the percentage would be 20 
right?

whpalmer4 · Answer

$20,000 $ is what percentage of $200,000$?

anonymous · Answer

20

anonymous · Answer

no wait 10?

anonymous · Answer

so is it D ? it will stay the same ?

anonymous · Answer

@whpalmer4

whpalmer4 · Answer

for it to be proportional, the percentage must stay the same, right?

anonymous · Answer

yes so it would be D? @whpalmer4

whpalmer4 · Answer

I'll help you work through the concepts, but maybe you could select the answers?

anonymous · Answer

I am im trying to see if my selection is correct or not? @whpalmer4

whpalmer4 · Answer

Like I said, I'll work through the concepts with you.  You'll have to choose the right answer from that.  If you can't do so, then you haven't grasped the point.  You can however still find out if your selection is correct or not, the same way I did when I was a student: I wrote it down as my answer, and looked at how it was graded!