Why Does The Government Collect Taxes?

Good-Guy

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Tax payments refers to the amount of money people pay to the government. The government states that they need taxes from people in order to run the country.

This is a common belief of many people. However, do you think that the government could actually need tax in order to run the country?

I reckon that there are many tax-free countries as well in the world as well.

They use other resources to run the country, not necessarily tax payments. So ,what do you think?
 

Learners Quest

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The government collects taxes to fund its operations and to finance public goods and services. The government also uses taxes to redistribute income and to support social welfare programs.

The government collects taxes to pay for the costs of running the government, including the salaries of government employees, the costs of maintaining government buildings, and the costs of providing public goods and services. The government also uses taxes to finance social welfare programs, such as Social Security and Medicare.

The government also uses taxes to redistribute income. The government taxes people with high incomes at higher rates than people with low incomes. The government also provides tax breaks for people with low incomes and for people who invest in certain types of assets, such as homeownership and retirement savings.

The government collects taxes to fund its operations and to finance public goods and services. The government also uses taxes to redistribute income and to support social welfare programs.
 

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Government are mainly and typically typically responsible for the collection of taxes... But as an individual who pays taxes, you need to know why you pay these taxes and what is the funds being used for ?
Taxes are collected by the government for the main purpose of the smooth run of the country ir economy. Just as he has explained government needs the collection of taxes in order to keep up the good flow of taxes with any abruption.
As a matter of fact, we need to pay taxes so that the government would be able to improve our social amenities.
 
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