A poll tax is a fixed amount per person. Mrs. Thatcher introduced a poll tax in the United Kingdom during the 1980s. Is a poll tax regressive, progressive, or proportional? How does a poll tax differ from a sales tax? Under the benefits principle and the ability-to-pay principles, is a poll tax efficient and fair? Question content area bottom Part 1 A poll tax is a _______ tax. A poll tax differs from a sales tax because _______. A. regressive; it doesn't raise the price of goods and services and it doesn't decrease the quantity produced B. progressive; it doesn't raise the price of goods and services and it doesn't decrease the quantity produced C. proportional; it doesn't raise the price of goods and services and it doesn't decrease the quantity produced D. proportional; a sales tax is progressive E. regressive; a sales tax is progressive Part 2 A poll tax is _______ and _______ under the benefits and ability-to-pay principles. A. efficient; fair B. sometimes efficient and sometimes inefficient; sometimes fair and sometimes unfair C. inefficient; fair D. inefficient; unfair E. efficient; unfair