If a tax is imposed on buyers in a market, what is the effect on the distribution of the tax burden?

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30 May 2019
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28 May 2026

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Whether a tax is levied on buyers or sellers, the economic incidence—the actual division of the tax burden between buyers and sellers—remains the same. This means that taxing buyers results in the same distribution of tax burden as taxing sellers.

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