0 a tax charged on goods and services rather than on the money that people earn --
1 a tax on goods or services that are bought, rather than on income: --
Most people will pay some tax, either on their income or through expenditure on goods subject to indirect tax.
It will become a double indirect tax, which will not achieve the purposes which ought to be served by taxation.
Indirect tax increases have been substantially reduced, the mortgage rate is falling and many firms will begin to destock in the coming months.
If that is so, how much of our indirect tax system is not to be considered as state aid and an unfair advantage?
Estimates of indirect tax payments are not generally reliable for households at this level of earnings.
That is the difference between a direct and an indirect tax.
I regret that it is not possible to discriminate in favour of a particular group in administering an indirect tax of this kind.
If an indirect tax is put upon any commodity that tax has to come into operation immediately.
