A special municipal payroll tax charges not tax on a payroll less than $200,000 and only 0.2% on a company’s payroll above $200,000. If Belfried Industries paid $400 in this special municipal payroll tax, then they must have had a payroll of
Choose the correct answer
A) $180,000	B) $400,000	C) $220,000	D) $402,000	E) $2,200,000
ANSWER : B , ( with different approach) :   The 400 paid is 0.2% of the additional amount above 200,000. Let it be X   Now 0.2% of X = 400   Therefore X= 200,000   Total = 200,000 + X= 400,000
<result>B</result>
A special municipal payroll tax charges not tax on a payroll less than $200,000 and only 0.2% on a company’s payroll above $200,000. If Belfried Industries paid $400 in this special municipal payroll tax, then they must have had a payroll of