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4.2.3—Taxation

Syllabus
0455–2027–2028
Objective
4.2.3
Level

4.2.3—Taxation

  • reasons for taxation: raising revenue, discouraging consumption of demerit goods, reducing imports, redistributing income, influencing total demand, encouraging environmental sustainability
  • examples of the different classifications of tax: progressive, regressive, proportional; direct, indirect
  • impact of taxation on consumers, workers, producers/firms, the government and the economy
ConceptIGCSE Economics