Answer: Incidence of taxation- It means final
tax placing. Tax is not only by the people who pays it, in fact it
shifts from one person to another. Incidence is on the person who
bears the burden of tax. It is also a division of taxation between
buyers and sellers. Incidence is on the consumer.
Reasons of importance of tax incidence to
Government-
- Tax incidence helps in making Fiscal and tax policies,
Government decides tax slabs and tax rates, the amount of total tax
and on whom that tax should be levied. Tax incidence makes
Government able to make fiscal budget.
- Tax incidence and economy are related, The elasticity of demand
of goods help understand the tax incidence among the parties and
stakeholders such as buyers and sellers. When supply is more
elastic than demand, the tax burden falls on buyer, if demand is
more elastic than supply, the tax burden falls on producer. This
helps Government in determining the amount of tax.