chapter 12 vocabulary
Across
- 3. a tax on products imported from foreign countries
- 8. debt the total amount of money the U.S. owes
- 10. payments charged by governments for various licenses
- 12. when a governments revenue equals its expenditures.
- 13. when a government spends more money than it collects.
- 15. a tax on the value of the property owned by a person or by a business.
Down
- 1. a tax that takes a larger percentage of income from low-income groups than from high-income groups.
- 2. an excess of money.
- 4. taxes on earnings
- 5. a careful examination by trained accountants of every item of income and every expenditure.
- 6. a certificate that states that the government has borrowed a certain sum of money from the owner of the bond.
- 7. payments made for the use of borrowed money
- 9. money charged as a penalty for breaking certain laws.
- 11. money
- 14. the income a business has left after paying its expenses.