Question: [ 1 6 marks ] Robert s pre - tax income is $ 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 . According to the income

[16 marks] Roberts pre-tax income is $100,000. According to the income tax system, the first $40,000 of income is taxed at 10%, income between $40,000 and $80,000 is taxed at 20%, and income above $80,000 is taxed at 40%. a.[4 marks] Draw a diagram accurately showing the average and marginal tax rates for incomes between 0 and $120,000. b.[2 marks] Calculate what taxes Robert legally owes. c.[2 marks] Assuming that Robert can hide some of his income, find and draw his marginal benefit of hiding income, with unreported income(U ) on the horizontal axis.4 marks] There is a p =10% chance that the government will find out the amount of income Robert does not report. If he is caught, Robert faces a fine formula for unreported income, F =25(U/1000)2(Which means the marginal fine is M F =0.00005U ). Using the fact that the M C = pM F , find Roberts choice of unreported income and show this on a diagram. How much he will owe the government if he is caught? e.[4 marks] Now suppose Robert feels bad when he does not report some of his income. Specifically, M C = pM F + h, where h is the honesty-cost per dollar of U . If h =0.15, how much will U be now? How high must h be for U =0? Explain.

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