Jamal is a nurse and earns $48,000 per year. he lives in california and pays about 6 percent of his income in state income taxes. his sales tax rate is 8 percent. diamond is an accountant and earns $50,000 per year. she lives in arizona and pays about 3 percent of her income in state income taxes. her sales tax rate is 9.5 percent. jamal and diamond are calculating their taxes for the year. they both have no dependents, so their federal tax rates are the same. who would pay more in federal income taxes? who would pay more in sales taxes when making purchases?

Jamal will pay more Income Tax and Diamond will pay more Sales Tax.

Explanation:

Jamal total earnings = $48000

Diamond Total earnings = $50000

Income tax for jamal in California = 6% of $48000 = 0.06*48000

= $2880

Jamal Sales Tax rate is 8% in the state of California.  

Now Diamond's Income Tax in Arizona = 3% of $50000= 0.03*50000

= $1500

Sales tax for Diamond in Arizona is 9.5% which is higher than the sales tax rate of Jamal in California.

Jamal will pay more Income Tax

Diamond will pay more Sales Tax

We can just calculate the income tax of both persons. We cannot calculate the sales tax for their purchase here as no purchased item is given to put sales tax on it and get the findings, rather just rate of sales tax is given, which is showing a higher sales tax rate in Arizona, than California. So on the basis of information given in the question, we calculated the income tax for both persons which is higher for Jamal, and from the sales tax rate we conclude that Diamond will pay more Sales tax.

Jamal would pay more state income tax than Diamond. Diamond pay more in sales tax when making purchases than Jamal.  

Further Explanation:

As the sales tax in Arizona is more than California. Diamond lives in Arizona. That's why Diamond pays more sales tax.

Sale Income Tax: It is the tax charged on sales when making a purchase. When the customer pays sales tax, the producer receives sales tax and after a particular period. The seller pays the sales tax collected from the customer to the government.    

State Income Tax: It is the tax charged on the total earnings of the individual, institutions, and corporations in a particular year. It is different from state to state. For Example, Arizona has a 3% state income tax, and California has a 6% state income tax.

Compute State Income Tax for Jamal:

Therefore the State Income Tax for Jamal is $2,880.

Compute State Income Tax for Diamond:

Therefore the State Income Tax for Diamond is $1,500.

Learn more:

1.Learn more about the federal tax budget

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2.Learn more about the state tax

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3.Learn more about the tax

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Answer details:

Grade: Senior School

Subject: Taxation

Chapter: Tax

Keywords: the tax levied, sales when making a purchase, particular period, customer to the government, tax collected, rate of tax, more sales tax .

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