0455.4.3.4 — classification of taxes Examples of the different classifications of tax; progressive, regressive, proportional; and direct, indirect.: past paper questions
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- 0455/21 · October/November 2023 · Q3a[2]
two types of tax.
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Define, with an example, an indirect tax.
See it on the paper → - 0455/12 · October/November 2021 · Q19[1]
The table shows a government’s receipts from taxation. What is the total amount of revenue raised by indirect taxes?
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Identify two ways a government could reduce income inequality.
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What does the government decrease?
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A government increased revenue by increasing taxes on firms. Which tax did it increase?
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Identify one example of a direct tax and one example of an indirect tax.
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What kind of tax is this?
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Explain, using information from the extract, whether Russia has a progressive, proportional, or regressive income tax system.
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What examiners said
A common correct answer was to state that an indirect was a tax on goods and services and to give an example e.g. sales tax or VAT. A few wrongly described the features of a direct tax e.g. income tax. Quite a few candidates gave as their chief characteristic that an indirect tax was one simply passed on to a third party without explaining how. Others stated that it was regressive in nature, but t...
— Examiner report, October/November 2022, 0455/23 Q3(a) (Cambridge)
The two most common answers given were to increase progressive taxation and to provide more state benefits to the poor. Some answers given were too vague. For example, some answers mentioned the government could increase the income of the poor without identifying how this could be achieved.
— Examiner report, October/November 2021, 0455/22 Q5(a) (Cambridge)
Most candidates were able to identify an example of a direct tax, such as income tax, and an example of an indirect tax, such as sales tax. Straightforward definitions like this are fundamental to candidates’ learning so that they can write them quickly and easily in an examination.
— Examiner report, October/November 2019, 0455/21 Q3(a) (Cambridge)
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