WASSCE Economics · Macroeconomics & Money
Public Finance and Taxation
Government revenue and expenditure, the budget, types of taxes, and principles of taxation.
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Across the topic: 11 sections · 2 worked examples · 1 diagram
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2 lessons · 15 min
- 1Public finance: government revenue, spending, budgets and debt7 minFree7 minFree
- 2Taxation: principles, types and effects8 min Plan8 min Plan
- What is a tax?
- The canons of taxation
- Direct and indirect taxes
- Progressive, proportional and regressive taxes
- Incidence of taxation
- Effects of taxation
1 worked example · 1 diagram
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