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Questions
What is meant by shifting of tax burden?
Explain the term Shifting of a tax.
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Solution
Shifting of the tax burden is the process by which the person or business legally responsible for paying a tax transfers that burden to another party. This happens when the taxpayer's tax responsibility is passed to someone else, usually through changes in prices or costs.
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