What does the term scarcity mean as it relates to economics?

Portia grant is an employee who is paid monthly. for the month of january of the current year, she earned a total of $8,388. the fica tax for social security is 6.2% of the first $118,500 earned each calendar year and the fica tax rate for medicare is 1.45% of all earnings. the futa tax rate of 0.6% and the suta tax rate of 5.4% are applied to the first $7,000 of an employee's pay. the amount of federal income tax withheld from her earnings was $1,391.77. what is the total amount of taxes withheld from the portia's earnings?

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As a general rule, when accountants calculate profit they account for explicit costs but usually ignorea. certain outlays of money by the firm. b. implicit costs. c. operating costs. d. fixed costs.