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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
______ is an example of commercial revenues.
The government imposes tax ______.
Identify the tax which is most likely to faster civic conciousness.
Which of these taxes is most likely to be progressive?
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 |
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State the difference between income tax and expenditure tax.
Citing reason state the advantage of a progressive tax over proportional tax.
How does the state fulfil the following socio-economic objective?
Environmental protection.
