Disadvantages of Indirect Taxes Quiz

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What is one of the advantages of indirect taxes?

  • Causing a concentration of wealth in a few hands
  • Increasing unemployment rates
  • Creating regional disparities
  • Revenue generation (correct)

Which of the following is NOT a purpose or effect of taxation?

  • Increasing unemployment rates (correct)
  • Preventing concentration of wealth in a few hands
  • Redistributing wealth for common goods
  • Boosting the economy

How do indirect taxes help in reducing regional disparities?

  • By funding infrastructural developments in all regions equally
  • By concentrating wealth in a few regions
  • By removing regional disparities (correct)
  • By increasing unemployment rates in specific regions

Why are goods and services considered essential in an economy?

<p>To fulfill consumer requirements and provide utility (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is one of the disadvantages of indirect taxes?

<p>Concentrating wealth in a few hands (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How does taxation help prevent the concentration of wealth in a few hands?

<p>By redistributing wealth for common goods (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is one advantage of Indirect taxes mentioned in the text?

<p>They are collected at the time of making a purchase. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why are indirect taxes considered convenient?

<p>They are only collected at the time of making purchases. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How do indirect taxes relate to the costs of products and services?

<p>They are directly related to the costs of products and services. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which group is exempt from income tax according to the text?

<p>Those who earn less than Rs.2.5 lakh p.a. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is an implication of indirect taxes being easy to collect?

<p>Authorities do not worry about their collection. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why do high-income earners contribute more through indirect taxes?

<p>Because indirect taxes relate directly to costs of products and services. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of charging lower rates of tax on basic necessities and higher rates on luxury items?

<p>To ensure equitable contributions based on people's ability to pay (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a disadvantage of Indirect taxes related to cumulativeness?

<p>Middlemen can charge their own service tax, increasing overall product prices (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How can Indirect taxes be regressive in nature according to the text?

<p>Both poor and rich individuals pay the same amount for certain goods (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why is Indirect Tax considered not industry friendly according to the text?

<p>Taxes on raw materials increase the cost of production for industries (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What happened to different types of indirect taxes in India after the implementation of GST?

<p>They were bundled into one singular tax under GST (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of Excise Duty in India according to the text?

<p>To levy a tax on goods manufactured in India (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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