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The Federal Budget Making Process
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The federal budget prepared 18 months before end of fiscal year.
fiscal year-year by which accounts are kept; for the federal government, Oct. 1 to Sept. 30 of next year
The President and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) work together
The President approves budget; sends to Congress Congress should pass it before end of fiscal year.
Often budget is not passed until after fiscal year has begun
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Taxation
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Principles of Taxation
benefits-received principle those who use a particular government
service support it with taxes; those who do not use a service do not pay taxes for it.
example-a gas tax is used to pay for highway repair. Frequent users of highways often buy more gas and pay more in gas tax
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Principles of Taxation
ability-to-pay principle those with higher incomes pay more taxes
than those with lower incomes, regardless of the number of government services they use
example-all property owners pay school tax even though they might not have school aged children
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Forms of Taxation proportional tax-tax that takes same
percentage of all incomes, as income rises, the amount of tax paid also rises
INCOME Tax Paid(10%)$1,000 $100$10,000 $1,000$100,000 $10,000
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Forms of Taxation
progressive tax-tax that takes a larger percentage of higher incomes than lower incomes; ability-to-pay principle
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Forms of Taxation regressive tax-tax that takes a larger
percentage of lower incomes that of higher incomes opposite of progressive tax example-poorer families spend a larger
proportion of their incomes on sales tax
Family #1 Family #2
yearly income $75,000 $40,000yearly sales tax pd $7,000 $7,000
% of income 9% 18%
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Deficit Spending and the National Debt
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The National DebtYear Interest Paid
on National Debt
(billions)
Percent of Federal
Expenditures
1940 $1 11.01950 $5.7 13.41960 $9.2 10.01970 $19.3 9.91980 $74.9 12.71990 $264.8 21.82000 $370 22.5
1. Write a one sentence summary of the table.2. Which decade had the greatest increase in interest paid on the national debt in both dollar terms and as a percentage of federal expenditures?
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budget deficit-situation that occurs when the amount of government spending exceeds its receipts during the fiscal year. This spending is similar to an individual using
credit by overspending his income. national debt-total amount of outstanding
debt for the federal government budget surplus-the amount of government
receipts is larger that its expenditures during the fiscal year
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