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Across 1. tax on the value added added at every stage of the production process 5. a general tax levied on most consumer purchases 8. a tax on donations of mony or wealth and is paid by the person who makes the gift 10. the tax rate that applies to the next dollar of taxable income 13. a charge levied on goods brought in from other countries 14. service 17. a tax on the manufacture or sale of selected items 20. the tax levied on both employers and employee's to pay for Social Security and Medicare 22. additional tax above and beyond the base rate 23. a system that requires an employer to automatically deductincome taxes from an employee's paycheck and send it dirctly to the government 27. larger than normal depreciation charges 31. belief that taxes should be paid according to benefits received regardless of benefits 32. the final burden of the tax 33. the person who assigns value to property for tax purpose 34. imposes the same percentage rate of taxation on everyone 35. tax on wages and salaries to finance Social Security and medicare costs

Down 2. the belief that people should be taxed according to their ability to pay 3. the summery statement attached to a paycheck that summerizes income 4. a relatively high tax designed to raise revenue and reduce consumption of a socially undesirable product such as liquor or tobacco 6. a proportional tax on individual income after a specified threshold has been reached 7. total taxable income divided by the total income 9. funds collected by one level of goverment that are distributed to anothe level of goevenment for expenditures 10. a federal health-care program available to all senior citizens 11. the tax on people's earnings 12. exceptions or oversights in the tax law that allows some people and businesses to avoid paying taxes 15. the branch of the US Treasury Dept. in charge of collecting taxes 16. a tax that imposes a higher percentage rate of taxation on persons with higher incomes 18. a reduction in business taxes that are tied to investment in new plants anf equipment 19. the personal income rate that applies whenever the amount of taxes paid falls below some designated level 21. the tax a corperation profitspays on its 24. charges levied for the use of a good or sevice 25. profits from the sale of an asset held for 12 months 26. a tax that imposes a higher percentage rate of taxation on low incomes than on high incomes 28. adjustment of tax brackets to offset the effectsof inflation 29. a tax on tagible and intangible posessions such as real estate 30. an annual report to the IRS summerizing total income