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Question
Explain how indirect taxes can be made progressive.
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Solution
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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