Question

Tax principles Smoking cigarettes is a leading cause of many diseases. Suppose the government has opened several public clinics that treat smoking-related diseases and is trying to decide how to fund these clinics. One suggestion is to raise the funds for the public clinics with a cigarette tax. This tax follows:______

Answer 1

Answer: The ability to pay principle.

Explanation:

The ability to pay can be defined as one of the principles of taxation. According to this principle people who earn more income are expected to pay more tax as compared to those who earn less income.

Smoking can be defined as the leading cause of many chronic diseases, one of them is hypertension, chronic heart diseases, and others. The ability to pay principle can be imposed on smokers as cigarette tax to obtain the tax for develop the clinics that can help in smoking related diseases. This will result in deduction of tax from smokers which get good income.