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Specific taxes
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Specific taxes

Saddique Ansari • January 29, 2020 • 1 min read

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Specific taxes

Specific taxes are indirect taxes which have a fixed amount of tax added on to the market price of a good or service. Graphically, this will raise the supply curve vertically by the amount of the tax, and the new curve will be parallel to the original curve.

  • The incidence of a tax


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