Steve and Claire are married, and both lived and worked in North Carolina for the entire 2013 tax year. Their total adjusted gross income was $78,000 and they qualified for the standard deduction of $6000 and exemption of $2500 (per person). Use the following 2011-2013 NC tax rate schedule (taken from http://www.dor.state.nc.us/taxes/individual/rates.html) to calculate her 2013 NC tax.

If your filing status is married, filing jointly or qualifying widow or widower;

and taxable income is more than:	but not over:	your tax is:
$ 0	$21,250	6% OF THE NC TAXABLE INCOME AMOUNT ON FORM D-400
$21,250	$100,000	$1275 + 7% OF THE AMOUNT OVER $21,250
$100,000	_______	$6,787.50 + 7.75% OF THE AMOUNT OVER $100,000

Steve and Claire's 2013 NC tax is: $ (Round to the nearest dollar.) What is Steve and Claire's effective tax rate? [Tax paid divided by taxable income] (Write as a percent, rounded to one decimal place.)