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1 Overview
2 Purposes and effects
3 Kinds of taxes
3.1 Taxes on income
3.2 Social security contributions
3.3 Taxes on payroll or workforce
3.4 Taxes on property
3.5 Taxes on goods and services
3.6 Tariff
3.7 Other taxes
3.8 Descriptive labels given to some taxes
3.9 Fees and effective taxes
4 History
4.1 Taxation trends
4.2 Forms of taxation
5 Economic effects
5.1 Tax incidence
5.2 Increased economic welfare
5.3 Reduced economic welfare
6 Taxation in developing countries
6.1 Key facts
6.2 Summary
7 Views on taxation
7.1 Support for taxation
7.2 Opposition to taxation
7.3 Socialist view
7.4 Tax choice
7.5 Geoist View
8 Theories on taxation
8.1 Laffer curve
8.2 Optimal tax
8.3 Tax rates
9 See also
9.1 By country or region
10 Notes
11 Further reading
12 External links