Assignment:
Marriage penalty eliminated
The value of the expression 4220 + 0.25(x - 30,650)is the 2006 federal income tax for a single taxpayer with taxable income of x dollars, where x is over $30,650 but not over $74,200.
a) Simplify the expression.
b) Find the amount of tax for a single taxpayer with taxable income of $40,000.
c) Who pays more, a married couple with a joint taxable income of $80,000 or two single taxpayers with taxable incomes of $40,000 each?
Provide complete and step by step solution for the question and show calculations and use formulas.