Q9:

In order to raise revenue, the federal government planned a tax amnesty program that allows tax delinquents to pay all owed tax without added financial penalty. However, economists projected that the federal government would collect a far lower percentage of total tax owed by delinquents than did state governments implementing similar programs.

Which of the following, if true, would most contribute to an explanation of the economists’ projections?

1. Tax amnesty programs are only successful if they are widely publicized.

2. Most people who honestly pay their state tax are equally honest in paying their federal tax.

3. Although federal tax delinquents usually must pay high financial penalties, the states require far lower financial penalties.

4. The state tax rate varies considerably from state to state, but the federal tax is levied according to laws which apply to citizens of all the states.

5. Unlike most federal tax delinquents, most state tax delinquents fail to pay state tax because of an oversight rather than a decision not to pay.

答案为什么是E 啊，不是很理解。大家帮忙~~~~

E) Unlike most federal tax delinquents, most state tax delinquents fail to pay state tax because of an oversight rather than a decision not to pay.

The federral tax delinquents fail to pay tax because they intended to cheat, and it is likely that they will continue to do so. As a result, the tax collected will be less on the federal level.

state和federal

state不交是因为疏忽

言下之意

federal不交就是故意的

所以state是能全收的，而federal还是不能全收到