Indirect Taxation WORKSHEET

A worksheet that tests understanding of directly and indirect taxation.

There are 4 activities in this worksheet:

1. A fill the blanks activity that tests students understanding of types of direct and indirect taxation and the correct terminology used depending on the tax being discussed

2. An activity where students need to calculate tax per unit, incidence on producers, consumers and government revenue

3. An activity where students need to explain why the incidence on the producer / consumer changes depending on the price elasticity of demand

4. An extension of activity 2 where students are given 4 additional diagrams where they need to complete additional calculations and label the incidence / tax revenue

5. 3 multiple-choice questions on indirect taxation

Detailed answers of all* activities are provided in this worksheet

This activity took between 20 and 30 minutes for my students to complete