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Indirect tax — Edexcel GCSE Citizenship Studies Definition

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GCSE Citizenship Studies · key term

Indirect tax

Definition

Tax charged on goods or services, usually collected by businesses and passed on to consumers through prices.

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Edexcel GCSE Citizenship Studies · 1CS0

Paper 1, Paper 2

An indirect tax is charged on goods or services. A consumer usually pays it within the purchase price, and the business passes the tax collected to government.
Revise: Taxation and Spending

Edexcel Citizenship Studies past papers

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