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MM 2.00 Understand Financial Analysis

MM 2.00 Understand Financial Analysis. 2.04 Acquire knowledge of the impact of government on business activities to make informed economic decisions. Definitions.

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MM 2.00 Understand Financial Analysis

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  1. MM 2.00Understand Financial Analysis 2.04 Acquire knowledge of the impact of government on business activities to make informed economic decisions

  2. Definitions • Tax – legally mandated payment to the government that is not made in exchange for a good or service. Taxes are used to fund projects that benefit society • Revenue – Income • Expenditure – money paid out; spending • Excise tax – tax placed on a specific good. • Examples = gasoline, cigarette, beer, liquor

  3. Definitions cont. • Income tax – tax that is based on the amount of money a person earns or receives • Property tax – tax placed on real estate, and in some cases, on personal possessions • Sales tax – tax placed on the retail sale of almost all goods purchased. Certain types of goods (i.e. food, medicine) are sometimes excluded from sales tax

  4. Importance of taxes in a market economy • Taxes are the primary source of revenue for the government sector • Some services such as national defense, roads, and education can be more efficiently produced by the government instead of private individuals • The government is responsible for creating the infrastructure necessary for commerce • Without taxes, these services would likely not exist

  5. Sources of tax monies paid to different levels of government • Federal Government • Sources of Tax Monies: Income taxes, Excise taxes (charged on certain items like gasoline or truck highway usage) • Expenditures: National defense, Education, Transportation systems, Judicial system, Social Security and Medicare, Medicaid, Veterans services, etc.

  6. Sources of tax monies contd. • State Governments • Sources of Tax Monies: Income taxes, Sales taxes, Excise taxes • Expenditures: State police protection, Education, Operation of state government, etc.

  7. Sources of tax monies contd. • Local Governments: • Sources of Tax Monies: Property taxes, Sales taxes, Income taxes • Expenditures: Education, Public health and safety (local fire and police protection), Sanitation, etc.

  8. Describe tax structures • Proportional: everyone pays the same percentage of income in taxes, regardless of income level. (Few taxes are completely proportional in nature.) • Progressive: those who earn more pay a higher percentage of income taxes. The Federal Income tax is an example • Regressive: those who earn more income pay a lower percentage of income taxes. Sales and excise taxes are considered regressive.

  9. Explain the role of the IRS • To collect federal income taxes • To enforce federal revenue law • To help tax payers with tax law • To pursue taxpayers who are not in compliance with tax law

  10. The impact of taxation on the circular flow of income • The circular flow model illustrates the constant movement of product inputs, goods, services, and money in the economy. • See tutorial at http://www.fgn.unisg.ch/eurmacro/tutor/circularflow.html • Next slide image retrived from: • http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Circular_flow_of_goods_income.png/350px-Circular_flow_of_goods_income.png&imgrefurl=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circular_flow_of_income&h=263&w=350&sz=22&tbnid=cR9mm_iwlYN7tM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=120&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dcircular%2Bflow%2Bof%2Bincome%26tbm%3Disch%26tbo%3Du&zoom=1&q=circular+flow+of+income&usg=__WGvwd8m41-JjYe1FieRUp1qoen4=&sa=X&ei=psn8T6TjMIfw0gG3lOH-Bg&ved=0CBQQ9QEwAA

  11. Circular Flow of Income

  12. How certain government expenditures are financed through taxes • Roads, highways, and bridges are financed through the gasoline excise tax. Only those people who purchase gasoline – those who use the transportation system – pay the gasoline tax • The Social Security system, which provides income to retired workers, receives its monies from retirement taxes

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