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Public Revenue

ICSE · Class 10 · Economics

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Meaning and Sources of Public Revenue

  • Public revenue is the income of the government from all sources such as taxes, borrowings, fees, fines, donations, and similar receipts.
  • In the narrow sense, public revenue means revenue resources that are not repayable by the government.
  • In the wider sense, public receipts include all government incomes during a period, including loans that must be repaid.
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Sources of Public Revenue

  • Taxes are the most important source of public revenue.
  • Commercial revenues are the receipts obtained from public enterprises by selling goods and services.
  • Commercial revenues are also called prices because they come in the form of prices of goods and services supplied by the government.
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Taxes: Meaning and Characteristics

  • A tax is a compulsory payment imposed on persons or companies by the government to meet expenditure incurred on common benefits to the people.
  • Refusal to pay tax invites legal action and punishment.
  • Tax revenue is used for general welfare, not for taxpayers alone.
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Direct and Indirect Taxes

  • Direct taxes are those taxes which are paid by the same person on whom they are imposed.
  • The burden of a direct tax cannot be shifted to others.
  • Indirect taxes are those taxes whose burden can be shifted partly or wholly.

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Public revenue means the incomeGovernment revenue is divided into taxA tax is a compulsory paymentA direct tax is paid byAn indirect tax is imposed on

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