To determine the correct answer about Kim's taxes payable with a taxable income of [tex]$72,000, we need to apply the given tax brackets step by step.
1. First Bracket:
- Taxable amount: $[/tex]0 to [tex]$9,875
- Tax rate: 10%
- Calculation: $[/tex]9,875 \times 0.10 = \[tex]$987.50$[/tex]
2. Second Bracket:
- Taxable amount: [tex]$9,876 to $[/tex]40,125
- Tax rate: 12%
- Calculation: [tex]\((\$40,125 - \$9,875) \times 0.12 = \$30,250 \times 0.12 = \$3,630.00$
3. Third Bracket:
- Taxable amount: $40,126 to $72,000
- Tax rate: 22%
- Calculation: \((\$72,000 - \$40,125) \times 0.22 = \$31,875 \times 0.22 = \$7,012.50$
Next, we sum up the taxes from each bracket to find the total tax payable:
- Total Tax = \$987.50 (first bracket) + \$3,630.00 (second bracket) + \$7,012.50 (third bracket) = \$11,630.00
Now let's evaluate each option based on this total tax amount:
- Option A: The actual tax is more than 22% of the taxable income.
- Check: \(\frac{\$11,630.00}{\$72,000} \approx 0.1615 \text{ or } 16.15\%.\)[/tex]
- This is not more than 22%.
- Option B: A part of the taxable income is taxed at 12%.
- True: \[tex]$30,250 is taxed at 12%.
- Option C: The average tax rate on the taxable income is 10%.
- Check: \(\frac{\$[/tex]11,630.00}{\[tex]$72,000} \approx 0.1615 \text{ or } 16.15\%.\)
- This is not 10%.
- Option D: The tax payable is 22% of the taxable income.
- Check: 22% of \$[/tex]72,000 is [tex]\(\$72,000 \times 0.22 = \$15,840\)[/tex].
- The actual tax payable (\[tex]$11,630.00) is not equal to \$[/tex]15,840.
From this analysis, we see that:
B. A part of the taxable income is taxed at 12%.
is the correct statement. Therefore, the correct answer is B.
