Taxation quiz

More questions about Taxation

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1. 1 Easy

   What tax is charged per litre on fuel, beer and spirits?

   Answer: Excise duty

   Why: Set per litre, the duty is the same on a cheap and a pricey bottle of equal size and strength.

2. 2 Medium

   Where did lawmakers agree in 2024 to tax farm animals' greenhouse gases?

   Answer: Denmark

   Why: The agreed levy is 300 kroner a tonne from 2030, but a 60% deduction cuts the real cost to 120.

3. 3 Hard

   What tax was proposed to slow down global currency trading?

   Answer: Tobin tax

   Why: Even a fractional fee on each currency swap wipes out the profit from rapid speculation while leaving ordinary trade largely unaffected.

4. 4 Easy

   What is illegally hiding income from the tax office called?

   Answer: Tax evasion

   Why: Gangster Al Capone was convicted of tax evasion in 1931 and sentenced to 11 years in federal prison.

5. 5 Medium

   Which tax charges every adult the same fixed sum?

   Answer: Poll tax

   Why: A poll tax takes the same sum from everyone, so it eats a far bigger share of a poor person's income than a rich one's.

6. 6 Hard

   Which tax rule taxes goods people cannot do without more heavily?

   Answer: Ramsey rule

   Why: Frank Ramsey proved in 1927 that taxing goods people must buy anyway distorts purchasing choices far less than taxing luxuries.