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NAME: _______________________

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DATE:

ACTIVITY
This activity would help you to recall the forms of taxes. Match the
following statements on the left with the words on the right.

1. Where each taxpayer pays


the same proportion of his/her
income in taxes. Therefore the
higher income earner will pay
more overall in taxes.

Progressive

2. The higher income earner


pays a larger percentage of
his/her income in taxes. This
means that apart from paying
a higher proportion in taxes,
the taxpayer will also pay
more overall in taxes.

Proportional

3. Is one for which the fraction


of income used to pay it
decreases as income
increases.

Direct and indirect

4. Are two types of taxes.

Regressive

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