incidence of tax

incidence of tax
The burden of a tax, that is, where the burden of payment is ultimately imposed, as where a person obligated to pay a stamp tax shifts the burden to another by charging him directly or indirectly the amount of the tax paid. 49 Am J1st Stamp T § 20.

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