Income Tax evaders

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Income Tax evaders

by subgeeth » Mon Apr 05, 2010 9:47 am
When people evade income taxes by not declaring taxable income,a vicious cycle results。Tax evasion forces
lawmakers to raise income tax rates,which causes the tax burden on non-evading taxpayers to become heavier This,in
turn,encourages even more taxpayers to evade income taxes by hiding taxable income.
The vicious cycle described above could not result unless which of the following were true?

(A) An increase in tax rates tends to function as an incentive for taxpayers to try to increase their pretax incomes.
(B) Some methods for detecting tax evaders,and thus recovering some tax revenue lost through evasion,bring in more
than they cost.but their success rate varies from year to yean
(C) When lawmakers establish income tax rates in order to generate a certain level of revenue,they do not allow
adequately for revenue that will be lost through evasion.
(D) No one who routinely hides some taxable income can be induced by a lowering of tax rates to stop hiding such income
unless fines for evaders are raised at the same time.
(E) Taxpayers do not differ from each other with respect to the rate of taxation that will cause them to evade taxes.

IMO C I chose D can any one explain me why it is wrong
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by 4GMAT_Mumbai » Mon Apr 05, 2010 10:40 am
I suppose the answer is 'E'.

The vicious cycle assumes that tax payers DO differ from each other with respect to the rate of taxation that will cause them to avoid taxation.

E is the contrary of the above fact. Hence, for the vicious cycle to not happen, E should hold true.

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by lunaris » Mon Apr 05, 2010 11:02 am
The answer is: C.
If the lawmakers anticipate the level of tax evasion and set the tax rates accordingly, the vicious cycle will not result.

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by paddle_sweep » Sun Apr 18, 2010 9:14 pm
I think the answer is "E". Could somebody post the OA with explanation?

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by liferocks » Sun Apr 18, 2010 9:28 pm
I will go with E
because the cycle starts with taxpayers not declaring taxable income. Only E explains why taxpayers want to evade taxes.
What is the OA?