The U.S. Office of Management and Budget has estimated that the tax-exempt status of fringe benefits such

Question:

The U.S. Office of Management and Budget has estimated that the tax-exempt status of fringe benefits such as pensions and group insurance reduced tax revenue to the Treasury by about $350 billion in 2014. Some economists have suggested that the federal government recover this tax revenue by taxing fringe benefits as ordinary income. Use Figure 7.5 to explain how this proposal would affect

Figure 7.5

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