Economics 0455 · IGCSE · Fiscal policy

Fiscal policy — practice question

A government brings in state benefits for people without jobs and raises the highest rate of income tax to fund those benefits. What impact will these changes have on poverty and the tax system?

  • Apoverty increase; make it more progressive
  • Bpoverty increase; make it more regressive
  • Cpoverty reduce; make it more progressive
  • Dpoverty reduce; make it more regressive

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