Tax Revenue

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A Tax Revenue is a government revenue by means of taxation.



References

2014

  • (Wikipedia, 2014) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/tax_revenue Retrieved:2014-3-29.
    • Tax revenue is the income that is gained by governments through taxation.

      Just as there are different types of tax, the form in which tax revenue is collected also differs; furthermore, the agency that collects the tax may not be part of central government, but may be an alternative third-party licenced to collect tax which they themselves will use. For example In the UK, the DVLA collects vehicle excise duty, which is then passed onto the treasury. [1]

      Tax revenues on purchases can come from two forms: 'tax' itself is a percentage of the price added to the purchase (such as sales tax in US states, or VAT in the UK), while 'duty' is a fixed amount added to the purchase price (such as is commonly found on cigarettes). [2] In order to calculate the total tax raised from these sales, we must work out the effective tax rate multiplied by the quantity supplied.

  1. By Sion Barry, DVLA sets pace for public sector, Wales Online, Retrieved 21 November 2013
  2. Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, Duke University, Retrieved 21 November 2013