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What does the federal government do with your money? Take our taxes quiz.

It seems there’s no end of taxes – and of debate about what the federal government does with all the money it collects. Test your knowledge of America’s fiscal behavior!

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Excise taxes contributed 3 percent of federal revenues in 2011, more than the estate tax (less than 1 percent of receipts).

Excise taxes contributed 3 percent of federal revenues in 2011, more than the estate tax (less than 1 percent of receipts).

Excise taxes contributed 3 percent of federal revenues in 2011, more than the estate tax (less than 1 percent of receipts).

Excise taxes contributed 3 percent of federal revenues in 2011, more than the estate tax (less than 1 percent of receipts).

1. An excise tax is a levy on the purchase of a specific good or service. Which of the following items are subject to a federal excise tax?

A 1040 form from 1913 hangs in the halls of the US Internal Revenue Service building in Washington, DC. (Ann Hermes/The Christian Science Monitor/File)


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