Chuck, a single taxpayer, earns $78,700 in taxable income and $14,100 in interest from an investment in City of Heflin bonds. (Use the U.S. tax rate schedule of 2021)



Required:
a.If Chuck earns an additional $40,000 of taxable income, what is his marginal tax rate on this income?
b.What is his marginal rate if, instead, he had $40,000 of additional deductions?