Personal and corporate Property taxes fund: taxes pay for: $ education $ government administration services $ government Indirect Taxes We sometimes () do O do not see the taxes to the cost of goods and services that we pay for. The levied (collected) on goods and services are often taxes. These are common indirect taxes, but consumers do not pay O Sales taxes these taxes to the government. The O Excise taxes burden of these taxes shifts to The main purpose of an tax is to the consumption of certain goods, such as cigarettes and liquor. Another purpose is to consumer and business spending and + savings in an economy. Progressive Taxes The rate of a progressive tax as the income of the taxpayer tax takes larger portions of an individual's income as the individual's income + rises