Chapter1: Making Economics Decisions
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Which statement is true?
a. None of these is true.
b. The cigarette tax is an excise tax.
c. The federal personal income tax is a proportional tax.
d. The tax on gasoline is a direct tax.
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Cigarette tax is an excise tax
Excuse taxes are specific taxes required on goods and services like fuel, tobacco and alcohol etc
These taxes increases burden of consumer and paid by the businesses. If cigarette tax is increase then prices will increase and some consumers will less induce to buy .
Excuse taxes can be ad valorem and specific
1 ad valorem - charge according to value so tax based on value and product
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