PT150.S3.Q21

PrepTest 150 - Section 3 - Question 21

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Finance minister: The World Bank's “Doing Business” report ranks countries in terms of ease of doing business in them. ██ █████████ ███ █████████ ███ █████ ████ ████████ ███ █████████ ██ ██ ███ █ ████████████ ████████ ██ ██████ ████ ███████████ ███ ███ ██████ █████ ███ ████ ████████ ███████████ ██████ ████ ████ ███ ██████████ ███ ████████████ ██████████ ███ ██████ ███ █████ ███ ████ ████████ ███████████ ██ ███ ████████ ███████████ ███████ ████ ████████ ████████

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The finance minister's conclusion, in the last sentence, is that her country’s “Doing Business” ranking will probably improve. This is based on the premises that the “Doing Business” ranking takes into account ease of tax filing for businesses, and the finance minister's country has simplified tax filing for small and midsized businesses.

Notable Assumptions

The finance minister assumes that there was no corresponding increase in how complex regulations are in her country that might offset the simplification of tax filing. She also assumes that the World Bank’s hypothetical business is the size of a small or midsized business in her country.

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21.

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a

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b

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c

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d

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e

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