Gasoline Taxes That Are Typically Used for Highway Construction and Maintenance

question 171

Multiple Choice

Gasoline taxes that are typically used for highway construction and maintenance are consistent with which of the following principles of taxation?

• A)the ability-to-pay principle
• B)the horizontal-equity principle
• C)the vertical-equity principle
• D)the benefits-received principle

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