Explain the factors that determine an individual’s tax burden.
The factors are below:
1)Taxable Income: This is income after all deductions and final
tax rate is applied on this based on the bracket you comes
2)Filing status: if individual, married, filing jointly all effects
differently
3)Exemptions: The deductions and exemptions will reduce the taxable
income
4)Adjustments: This includes student loan interest, IRA
contributions etc
5)Tax deductions: some of them are mortgage interest, medical
expense etc
6)Tax credits: This are deducted directly from the tax to be paid
and have more benefit than deductions, exemptions. Examples are
childcare expenses
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