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प्रश्न
What is meant by regressive taxation?
What are regressive taxation?
Explain the following with examples:
Regressive tax
What is Regressive tax? Give an example.
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उत्तर
- Regressive tax is opposite to progressive tax. A tax will be regressive when the rate of tax decreases as the tax base increases. Thus, it is directly opposite of progressive tax.
- The chief examples of regressive taxes are on these goods whose consumption society wishes to discourage such as tobacco, alcohol.
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______ is an example of commercial revenues.
Taxes in which the rate of tax remains the same, though the tax bases changes are called ______.
Match the following and select the correct option:
| Column A | Column B | ||
| (i) | Taxes imposed on income and wealth | A. | Regressive |
| (ii) | Taxes imposed on goods and services | B. | Progressive |
| (iii) | A tax system where the rate of tax decreases with increase income | C. | Direct taxes |
| (iv) | A tax system where the rate of tax increases as income increase | D. | Indirect taxes |
The tax whose rate remains unchanged irrespective of the income of the taxpayer is called as ______.
Match the following:
| Column I | Column II | ||
| A. | Direct tax | (i) | Tax rate increases with tax base |
| B. | Indirect tax | (ii) | Tax rate remains constant |
| C. | Proportional tax | (iii) | Imposed on goods and services |
| D. | Progressive tax | (iv) | Impact and incidence lie on the same person |
To which tax is this shifting of tax burden relevant?
Give an example of Indirect tax.
Draw a neat labelled diagram for progressive taxation.
Explain the term Incidence of a tax.
Explain briefly two merits of indirect tax.
