When a Tax Is Imposed on an Item, It Can

question 215

Multiple Choice

When a tax is imposed on an item, it can generally be said that the incidence of the tax is

• A)entirely on the buyer.
• B)entirely on the seller.
• C)on both the buyer and seller.
• D)not determined in this manner.

---

Definitions:

Server Farms

A large collection of computer servers used to provide services such as web hosting and data processing.

Customer Demand

The desire for products or services that customers are willing and able to purchase at a given price.

NSA

The National Security Agency, a U.S. government agency responsible for global monitoring, collection, and processing of information and data for foreign and domestic intelligence and counterintelligence purposes.

Public Cloud

A computing service model where resources, like servers and storage, are owned and operated by a provider and delivered over the Internet to multiple customers on a pay-per-use basis.