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Across 6. income left after all subtractions are made from total income 7. taxes on earnings of individuals and companies 9. payment made for the use of borrowed money 11. stocks, bonds, jewelery, cars, and boats 14. tax collected on most products sold 15. shortage of money 16. various forms of communication that give information to large numbers of people 19. tax used mainly to provide income to retired people and people with disabilities 20. an excess of money 22. ideas spread to influence people 24. opinions held concerning a particular issue 28. revenue equals its expenditures 31. used to fool people without letting them know that its purpose is to influence their views 32. tax on all wealth a person leaves 33. person paid to represent a group's interests 35. consists of land, or buildings 36. also known as an import tax

Down 1. organization of people with a common interest that try to influence government policies and decisions 2. small payments 3. takes a larger percentage from low-income than from high-income groups 4. federal tax paid bya a person for a gift they recieve valued at more than $10,000. 5. also known as a luxury tax 8. also known as a survey 10. a careful examination by accountants of every item of income and every expenditure 12. collect money from members and use this money to fund candidates that the committees favor 13. makes readers aware that someone is trying to influence them 17. takes larger percentage of income from higher-income groups 18. tax on the share of the estate that you recieve 21. income a business has left after paying its expenses 23. money taxpayers are allowed to subtract for themselves and each dependent 25. interest plus the total amount of money that the U.S. government has borrowed 26. for charitable contributiions, business expenses, & the interest paid on home mortgages 27. people who work without pay to help others 29. the chief purpose of taxes is to raise _______________, or money 30. pressure group 34. a certificate stating that the government has borrowed a certain amount of money from the owner