Max Smith has $60,000 of taxable income.If his average tax rate is 20 percent and his marginal tax rate is 31 percent,how much tax (in dollars)does he pay?

Average Tax Rate

The proportion of the total tax paid to the total taxable income, calculated by dividing the total tax amount by the taxable income.

Marginal Tax Rate

The percentage of tax applied to your income for each tax bracket in which you qualify, essentially the rate at which your last dollar of income is taxed.

Taxable Income

Taxable income is the amount of an individual's or business's income used to calculate how much tax they owe to the government in a given tax year, after all deductions and exemptions.