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Appendix II. Examination Questions.

should be observed in imposing taxes on

  1. What taxes does a tradesman get back in the price of the articles he sells, and what does he not?
  1. Test by Adam Smith's four maxims of taxation the policy of indirect taxes on the necessaries of life.
  1. All indirect taxation violates Adam Smith's fourth canon.
  1. Discuss the following:

“A man with $100,000 in United States bonds comes to Boston, hires a house...; thus he lives in luxury.... I am in favor of taxing idle investments such as this, and allowing manufacturing investments to go untaxed.”

  1. Compare the advantages and disadvantages of direct and indirect taxation.
  1. On what principles is
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