Question

Заполните пробелы правильной формой глагола: 1. Taxation (have been, has been) one of the most prominent and controversial topics in economic policy. 2. Taxes (has been, have been) levied by the federal and local authorities. 3. The most usual taxes (are, is) sales taxes, individual income taxes, and property taxes. 4. Simplicity (means, mean) that relations of the taxpayer and the revenue authorities are as easy as possible. 5. Taxes always (affect, affects) behavior. 6. The most efficient tax (are, is) a head tax. 7. The problem, though, (are, is) how to judge whether two taxpayers are equally situated. 8. Revenue sufficiency might (seems, seem) a fairly obvious criterion of tax policy. 9. Intricate legal provisions would also (make, makes them more complex. 10. Such conflicts among policy objectives (is, are) a constant constraint on the making of tax policy.

Answer 1

1) has been
2) have been
3) are
4) means
5) affect
6) is
7) is
8) seem
9) make
10) are

Answer 2

1. Taxation has been one of the most prominent and controversial topics in economic policy. 2. Taxes have been levied by the federal and local authorities. 3. The most usual taxes are sales taxes, individual income taxes, and property taxes. 4. Simplicity means that relations of the taxpayer and the revenue authorities are as easy as possible. 5. Taxes always affect behavior. 6. The most efficient tax is a head tax. 7. The problem, though, is how to judge whether two taxpayers are equally situated. 8. Revenue sufficiency might seem a fairly obvious criterion of tax policy. 9. Intricate legal provisions would also make them more complex. 10. Such conflicts among policy objectives are a constant constraint on the making of tax policy.