Find the odd word out: Non-tax revenue: (a) Fees (b) Penalty (c) Wealth tax (d) Special levy

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Q. Find the odd word out: Non-tax revenue:

(a) Fees

(b) Penalty

(d) Special levy

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The odd word is Wealth tax — it is a form of tax revenue, whereas fees, penalty and special levy are all non-tax sources of public revenue.

Public revenue is broadly divided into tax revenue (compulsory payments with no direct quid pro quo, e.g. income tax, GST, wealth tax) and non-tax revenue (receipts from sources other than taxes):

Fees — charged for a specific government service (e.g. licence fee).
Penalty / fines — payments imposed for breaking a law or rule. …

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$Q. Find the odd word out: Non-tax revenue:$
(a) Fees
(b) Penalty
(c) Wealth tax
(d) Special levy
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The odd word is Wealth tax — it is a form of tax revenue, whereas fees, penalty and special levy are all non-tax sources of public revenue.

Public revenue is broadly divided into tax revenue (compulsory payments with no direct quid pro quo, e.g. income tax, GST, wealth tax) and non-tax revenue (receipts from sources other than taxes):

Fees — charged for a specific government service (e.g. licence fee).

Penalty / fines — payments imposed for breaking a law or rule. …
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Q. Complete the correlation. Personal Income tax : ______ :: Goods and service tax (GST) : Indirect tax.

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The missing term is Direct tax. Personal income tax is a direct tax because its money burden and impact fall on the same person and cannot be shifted to anyone else.

Taxes are divided into two types on the basis of shifting of the burden:

Type	Meaning	Examples
Direct tax	Impact and incidence fall on the same person; burden cannot be shifted	Personal income tax, corporate tax, wealth tax
Indirect tax	Levied on goods and services; burden can be shifted to the final consumer	GST, customs duty, excise duty
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