Description
CHOOSE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING OPTIONS TO WRITE ABOUT:
Write a short (250 word minimum) essay on one of the following topics:
Option A
FICA taxes are intended to be split evenly between the worker and the employer. Based on what you know of tax incidence:
- Do you expect the tax to be split evenly?
- If not, who will pay more: workers or employers?
- Explain your answers above.
- How can employers make workers effectively pay more of the FICA tax if the tax rate is set by law?
- Is there any way to change the distribution of the tax? Explain.
Option B
You are the proprietor of a small convenience store in a small town. A tropical storm is expected to hit your community tomorrow. This storm will knock out power for a few days and will cause transportation problems, so no new goods will be shipped into the country. You currently have the following goods in stock:
- Milk
- Batteries
- Magazines
- Beer
- Candy
- Towels
- Frozen snacks
- Bags of ice
In your essay, answer the following:
- Do you expect demand to increase for any of the goods you have in stock? Explain which, if any, and why.(Refer to the determinants of demand from chapter 4)
- Which goods do you expect to have a lower elasticity of demand, and which do you expect to have a higher elasticity of demand? Explain your answers. (Refer to the determinants of elasticity from chapter 5)
- Will you raise prices on some or all of these goods? If so, which ones? Explain your answers.
- How do your answers regarding demand affect your pricing decisions?
- How do your answers regarding demand affect your pricing decisions?
- Will your pricing decisions increase or decrease market efficiency? Explain.
- Are your pricing decisions fair? (This is a purely subjective question.) Does fairness enter into your decision making? Explain how and why.
Explanation & Answer
Attached.
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Running head: FICA TAXES
Federal Insurance Contributions Act Taxes
Student Name
Institutional Affiliation
FICA Taxes
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Federal Insurance Contributions Act Taxes
The FICA taxes should not be slip evenly because the employer seems to have a higher
hand on the finances, unlike the employees. This is because the employer in most cases is the
one that decided on the amount to pay the employees, meanin...