Assignment Task
Scenario
The government is about to undertake a large program of public works, repairing and upgrading bridges around the city. The Department of Economic Development, Jobs,
Transport and Resources has decided that the public works will be funded, in part, by a new tax on taxi companies. The government’s rationale for the new tax is that taxi
operators benefit from well maintained roads and bridges, and therefore should contribute to their upkeep.
The Department has developed two alternative proposals for the new taxi industry tax:
1. The first proposal is to levy a tax of $2.40 per taxi trip. (Note: This tax would increase each company’s marginal cost by $2.40.)
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This tax would increase each company’s fixed cost by $50,000.)
Taxi companies oppose both proposals. In a submission to the Department, the companies claim that a new tax will not have the intended effect. The companies state that they will have no choice but to pass the cost of a new tax on to consumers, in the form of higher prices, and that consequently the burden of the tax will fall on their customers, not the companies themselves.
2.1 Your task
The Minister for Public Transport has instructed you to evaluate the two proposals and recommend which of the two proposals (if any) the ministry should pursue. In your recommendation you should consider the revenue raised by each proposal, as well as the impact that each proposal will have on both consumers and the taxi industry. In particular, you are to assess the taxi companies’ claim that it is consumers who will ultimately bear the cost of any new tax. (The minister is concerned that the public will not support the new taxes if they result in significant price rises.)
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