Name Guided Reading Activity cont. Econom LP 9 Da Taxes and Government Spending 2. Because tax revenues based on economic conditions, the government never knows exactly how much revenue it will have or how much it will need to spend in a year, so sometimes it must money. 3. Social Security and are funded through taxes deducted from people's paychecks. 4. The tax a corporation pays on its profits, known as tax, is the fourth largest source of federal revenue. 5. Gasoline and alcoholic beverages are subject to an tax, which is incorporated into the price and is the same for everyone. 6. tax is the tax on the transfer of property when a person dies. Fewer than 2 percent of estates pay any tax. are taxes applied to goods brought into the United States from 7. Customs countries