Q and A

Q and A

by M St. Peters -
Number of replies: 1

Statuary incidents are the person or organization that gives the government money, while the actuary incident is the person who bears the burden. No matter who the statuary is, is the actuary always going to be the consumer? Are there any situations where the business or organization bears the burden of the government tax?

In reply to M St. Peters

Re: Q and A

by Danny Weaver -
It looks like autocorrect got to you, so I just want to be clear "actual incidence" is what we talked about in class. Actual incidence is who bears the burden of the tax. It may not be the consumer. For example, a tax on yachts is not going to be felt by the consumers of yachts, but by the people who make them since the supply of yachts is more inelastic. The people who buy yachts can simply choose to consume another way to flex their income, but the people making yachts cannot easily change their production. They may be left unprofitable and headed towards bankruptcy.