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	<onlyinclude>A [[tax]] is a charge ~~that is~~ paid by a person, firm or other legal entity to a government ~~in order to fund~~ public services.</onlyinclude><ref>J.Black, N. Hashimzade, and G. Myles. (2009) "Tax." [Online], Available: http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199237043.001.0001/acref-9780199237043-e-3070?rskey=Iou2Cx&result=1, 2009 [Aug 8, 2016]</ref>		<onlyinclude>A [[tax]] is a charge paid by a person, firm or other legal entity to a government. This money funds public services.</onlyinclude><ref>J.Black, N. Hashimzade, and G. Myles. (2009) "Tax." [Online], Available: http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199237043.001.0001/acref-9780199237043-e-3070?rskey=Iou2Cx&result=1, 2009 [Aug 8, 2016]</ref>
	Taxes are usually collected based on economic factors such as income levels or consumption habits. Some taxes are levied based on behaviour such as taxes on alcohol, smoking or [[pollution]].<ref>Investopedia. "Taxes." [Online], Available: http://www.investopedia.com/terms/t/taxes.asp[Aug 13, 2016].</ref> These taxes are often used to encourage or discourage certain behaviour like employing [[air pollution control devices]].		Taxes are usually collected based on economic factors such as income levels or consumption habits. Some taxes are levied based on behaviour such as taxes on alcohol, smoking or [[pollution]].<ref>Investopedia. "Taxes." [Online], Available: http://www.investopedia.com/terms/t/taxes.asp[Aug 13, 2016].</ref> These taxes are often used to encourage or discourage certain behaviour like employing [[air pollution control devices]].

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<onlyinclude>A [[tax]] is a charge that is paid by a person, firm or other legal entity to a government in order to fund public services.</onlyinclude><ref>J.Black, N. Hashimzade, and G. Myles. (2009) "Tax." [Online], Available: http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199237043.001.0001/acref-9780199237043-e-3070?rskey=Iou2Cx&result=1, 2009 [Aug 8, 2016]</ref>
Taxes are usually collected based on economic factors such as income levels or consumption habits. Some taxes are levied based on behaviour such as taxes on alcohol, smoking or [[pollution]].<ref>Investopedia. "Taxes." [Online], Available: http://www.investopedia.com/terms/t/taxes.asp[Aug 13, 2016].</ref> These taxes are often used to encourage or discourage certain behaviour like employing [[air pollution control devices]].

Taxes come in a variety of different ways and apply to different areas:<ref>A. Goolsbee, S. Levitt and C. Syverson. ‘’Microeconomics’’. New York: Worth Publishers, 2013, pp. 90.</ref>
*[[Excise tax]]- A tax levied on specific goods or services.
*[[Income tax]]- A tax levied on the amount of income a person generates per annum.
*[[Pigovian tax]]- A tax levied on activities in the [[market]] that cause [[externality | negative externalities]] such as a [[carbon tax]].
*[[Sales tax]]- A tax levied based on ones consumption. This tax is levied when a good or service is purchased.
*[[Value added tax]]- A value added tax or VAT is a consumption tax similar to a sales tax. A VAT is dependent on the difference between the price that a seller paid for a good and the resale price that a consumer buys the good or service for.
*[[Property tax]]- A tax levied on the value of ones property.
*[[Tariff]]- A tax levied on imported goods.

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