Fiscal Policy Paper

ECO/372 Principles of Macroeconomics

The American tax paper relief of 2012, (ATRA), which was enacted on January 2, 2013 permanently extended the 2001 and 2003 federal income tax cuts for 98 percent of tax payers. The tax relief act reflects the approach sunporch that balances responsible reductions in government spending with new revenues and increased progressivity of the tax code. But the new law extended the expansions of several tax credits enacted in the American recovery and reinvestment act of 2009 (the recovery act) that have provided economic opportunities through tax relief and college expense assistance to 25 million low-and middle-income students and working families each year. Together with the additional Medicare and investment income taxes for high-income tax papers in the affordable care act (ACA), ATRA has made the federal taxes system more progressive.
Government spending first reached $1.5 trillion in the mid 1980’s, and then breached $2 trillion in the recession year of 1991. In the 1990” s spending increases starts to level off, reaching $3 trillion in 1999. But in the 2000” s with the dot-com crash and the response to 9/11 government spending began to accelerate, reaching $4 million in 2004 and $5 trillion in 2008. Then came the crash of 2008 and government spending exploded years of modest in nominal dollars, spending is expected to resume regular increases by the late 2010’s.
Income taxes must be filed by all businesses and individuals every year. Taxes must be filed regardless of getting a refund or owing payments. The government uses income tax money to fund its activities and serve the public.
Honda is responsible for paying 30% of its taxable income to the government. The income tax expense for Honda has decreased the last few years. In the tax year 2013-2014 the rate was 33.1%. In the tax year for