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Taxes:: A fee charged ('levied') by a government on a product, income, or activity. If a tax is levied directly on personal or corporate income, it is a direct tax. If tax is levied on the price of a good or service, it is an indirect tax. The purpose of taxation is to finance government expenditure.

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