Economics Question:

What is the incidence of tax?

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Answer:

Well tax incidence refers to who actually pays the tax.

Tax incidence can be divided into-

1. Formal incidence: the party liable to the tax

2. Informal incidence: party, who actually pays the tax

The tax incidence is decided by the elasticity of demand and supply for a good or service.

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