Distinguish between direct and indirect tax.
Direct taxes are taxes imposed on people's income or wealth, and on firms' profits.
Indirect taxes are also known as expenditure taxes, and are taxes consumers pay to a seller by buying the good and the seller then pays the tax to the government.
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