Indirect taxes and subsidies

Cards (5)

  • What are indirect taxes?
    Taxes on goods and services
  • What are ad valorem taxes?
    An indirect tax that is a percentage of the price of a product, causing the supply curve to shift to the left and become steeper than the original supply curve
  • What are specific taxes?
    An indirect tax that is a fixed amount of tax on each unit consumed, causing the supply curve to shift to the left
  • What are subsidies?
    Grants from the government, reducing the costs of production
  • What is the incidence of tax?
    How a tax is shared between different groups, such as between producers and consumers