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प्रश्न
Explain how indirect taxes can be made progressive.
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उत्तर
Indirect taxes are regressive in nature as their burden falls on all people indiscriminately. Indirect taxes can be made progressive by imposing heavy taxes on luxury goods and by reducing rate of indirect taxes on necessary items like food, cloth, shelter.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Fiscal policy means public expenditure and tax policy of the government.
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 |
Which of the statement is true for income tax?
Match the following:
| Column I | Column II | ||
| A. | Impact of tax | (i) | Price stability |
| B. | Incidence of tax | (ii) | Simple to calculate |
| C. | Objective of Monetary Policy | (iii) | Ultimate burden of tax |
| D. | Proportional tax | (iv) | Original imposition of tax |
Read the following statements carefully and choose the correct alternative:
Assertion (A): Income tax is a direct tax.
Reason (R): GST is an indirect tax.
State two objectives of fiscal policy.
Give one example of progressive tax.
Three demerits of an Indirect tax.
Explain briefly two merits of indirect tax.
Citing reasons state the superiority of Progressive tax over regressive tax.
