sin tax
excise or sales tax specifically levied on goods deemed harmful to society and individuals (e.g. drugs, alcohol, tobacco, coffee, sugar, candies, soft drinks, fast food, gambling, pornography)
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sin tax
Summary
sin tax ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (125 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- sin tax's subclass of is recorded as excise[2].
- sin tax's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/037spd[3].
- sin tax's facet of is recorded as evaluation[4].
- sin tax's facet of is recorded as demerit good[5].
- sin tax's partially coincident with is recorded as Pigouvian tax[6].
- sin tax's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/sin-tax[7].
- sin tax's different from is recorded as syntax[8].
- sin tax's different from is recorded as Pigouvian tax[9].
- sin tax's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11h7rgjxb0[10].
- sin tax's has goal is recorded as disincentive[11].
- sin tax's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as sin-taxes[12].
Why It Matters
sin tax ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (125 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]