a sales tax on gasoline is an example of what type of tax
proportional
proportional
The sales tax on gasoline is a fuel tax, which is labeled as a user tax. The taxes collected from gasoline purchases are remitted to the state government.
there is no tax on gasoline
No. Most gasoline tax in not progressive. It is a tax per gallon.
INDIRECT TAX
proportional
A gasoline tax is a tax of so many pennies on every gallon of gasoline. It had the original purpose of providing money for roads. It was based on the theory that the people that used the roads should pay for them. They would pay for them by paying a tax on each gallon of gasoline purchased. That money would go into a fund that would pay for machinery, supplies, land, labor, and whatever else was needed to build roads. After that original purpose, legislatures and other units of government frequently added taxes onto gasoline for other purposes. A+ it's proportional
Indirect tax
indirect tax
Indirect Tax